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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Hello,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>I am running the IPv6 Self Test version 1.4.14 for =
hosts and
I am having trouble with test number 27: “Global Address
Autoconfiguration and DAD (Host =
Only)”.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In this test (addr.p2/v6LC_3_2_1.seq) the script =
waits for a
Router Solicitation from the NUT:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt'>#----- RA =
PHASE<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt'>vLog("TN received <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">DAD</st1:City> <st1:State =
w:st="on">NS</st1:State></st1:place> from =
NUT.");<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt'>vLog("OK! Let's go =
ahead!");<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt'>%ret2=vRecv($IF,$SAA::wait_rs,0,0,RS_from_NU=
T,RS_from_NUT_wSLL);<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=
t
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'>if =
($ret2{status} != 0){<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fontsize=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt'> vLog("Though TN had =
waited RS from NUT for =
$SAA::wait_rs,");<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt'> vLog(" NUT seems not =
to send RS.");<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt'> vLog(" <st1:place
w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Anyway</st1:City> <st1:State =
w:st="on">TN</st1:State></st1:place> is sending Unsolicited RA =
(Prefix=Global)");<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt'>}else{<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><fon=t
size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt'> vLog("TN received RS =
from NUT.");<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span style='font-size:10.0pt'> =
vLog("TN is sending RA =
(Prefix=Global)");<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre><pre><font
size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt'>}<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>The problem that I am seeing is when the NUT sends =
the
Router Solicitation with an unspecified source =
address.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In section 4.1 of RFC 2461 it defines the Source =
Address of
the Router Solicitation to be:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<pre><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt'>“An IP address assigned to the sending =
interface, or the unspecified address if no address is assigned to the =
sending interface.”<o:p></o:p></span></font></pre>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>In ‘addr.p2/RA_SAA.def’, the =
‘RS_from_NUT’
parameter is defined as:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier =
New"'>FEM_icmp6_rs(RS_from_NUT,_HETHER_nut2allrouters,<o:p></o:p></span><=
/font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> =
{<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier =
New"'>
_SRC(nutv6());<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier =
New"'>
_DST(v6(_ALLROUTERS_MCAST_ADDR));<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier =
New"'>
HopLimit=255;<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> =
},<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> =
{<o:p></o:p></span></font></p><p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'> =
}<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Courier New"><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Courier New"'>)<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Because of this, the Router Solicitation that the NUT =
sends
that uses the unspecified address is not received and the test =
fails.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'>Can you please confirm that this is a bug and provide =
a
patch?<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face=Arial><span =
style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Arial'><br>
<br>
Thank you,<br>
<br>
Peter Carney<br>
Development Engineer<br>
Treck Inc.</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>
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