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starbeamrainbowlabs
Asked: 2018-09-13 05:34:19 +0800 CST

Default IPv6 route keeps disappearing

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I've got an dedicated server hosted by KimSufi that's running Ubuntu Server 18.04. While I've goto both an IPv4 address and an IPv6 address, I keep getting random dropouts on IPv6. Doing a ping -6 google.com when it's dropped out yields this:

Network is unreachable

If I try sudo ifup eth0`, then I get this:

RTNETLINK answers: File exists Failed to bring up eth0.

...as the interface is already up - just IPv4 only. By executing ifup -n eth0 however, I can see a list of commands it executes when bringing the interface up. In particular, executing the following command appears to fix the issue temporarily:

/sbin/ip -family inet6 route add default via 2001:41d0:e:07ff:ff:ff:ff:ff

....then (after a bit of a delay), testing via ping -6 google.com works again.

However, it drops out again randomly soon after.

Does anyone know what's going on, and how I can stop the default IPv6 route from disappearing?

Edit: The IPv6 section of /etc/network/interfaces looks like this:

iface eth0 inet6 static
    address 2001:41d0:e:074b::1
    netmask 128
    dns-nameservers 2001:41d0:3:163::1
    post-up /sbin/ip -family inet6 route add 2001:41d0:e:07ff:ff:ff:ff:ff dev eth0
    post-up /sbin/ip -family inet6 route add default via 2001:41d0:e:07ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    pre-down /sbin/ip -family inet6 route del default via 2001:41d0:e:07ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    pre-down /sbin/ip -family inet6 route del 2001:41d0:e:07ff:ff:ff:ff:ff dev eth0
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1 Answers

  1. Best Answer

    Based on comments provided so far, I would try replacing the routing on the interface config with the following:

    post-up /sbin/ip -family inet6 route add default via fe80::1ee6:c7ff:fe52:740 dev eth0
pre-down /sbin/ip -family inet6 route del default via fe80::1ee6:c7ff:fe52:740 dev eth0

    ... and see if that has any affect on the reliabiltiy of the default route.

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