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Re: [lvs-users] IPv6 tunnel forwarding method ?

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Subject: Re: [lvs-users] IPv6 tunnel forwarding method ?
From: Nicolas Haller <nicolas.haller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:12:03 +0200
On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 08:35:34PM +1000, Simon Horman wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2009 at 11:28:12AM +0200, Nicolas Haller wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > I'm testing the IPv6 features of LVS. I have compiled a kernel 2.6.30
> > and ipvsadm from the svn.
> > 
> > At this page(http://kb.linuxvirtualserver.org/wiki/IPv6_load_balancing),
> > it seemes the IPv6 patch maybe permits to use Tunnel forwarding
> > mechanisms.
> > 
> > The problem went when I configure the service with ipvsadm. When I try
> > to add a server, ipvsadm don't care about the -i option and add the
> > server with local forward method.
> > 
> > Is it normal or there is a way I don't see?

> IPVS will use the local forward method if the IP address of the
> real-server is a local IP address - that is, it is an address of
> one of the interfaces. In this case yes it ignores the -i option.

It's not a local IP address :-/

-- 
Nicolas Haller

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