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Archive => 22.1 Legacy Series => Topic started by: apiening on June 10, 2022, 12:36:54 pm

Title: IPv6 routing setup with virtualized OPNsense and internal VM network
Post by: apiening on June 10, 2022, 12:36:54 pm

I'm struggling with adding IPv6 to my setup, here is what I have:

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I have a Virtualization Host (Proxmox) which is connected to the public internet. The IP-address 2a01:...::2/64 is assigned to the public interface vmbr0 and the host is reachable.

I have installed OPNsense in a VM which is connected with one interface to the public bridge vmbr0 and with a second interface to an internal bridge vmbr1.
The WAN interface vtnet0 of the OPNsense router has an IPv6 address 2a01:...::3/64 assigned and is reachable from the public internet.

What I want to achieve:
An IPv6 DHCP Server on the internal interface vtnet1 of the OPNsense router should provide IPv6 addresses with the global prefix (let's say 2a01:...::10/64 to 2a01:...::100/64) to the internal VMs (VM01 in this example) with a static assignment, so that public IPv6 communication is possible but of course controlled with Firewall rules.

My current questions / issues:

• How should I configure the internal interface vtnet1 of the OPNsense router? Static IPv6 or SLAAC?
• What address or prefix should be assigned to the LAN interface of the OPNsense router? An address with the global 2a01: prefix or a link local address?
• How do I configure the IPv6 DHCP server? Especially, how do I configure the gateway and DNS servers to be assigned correctly?

I hope I was able to make my setup and my goals clear.
I have obviously some lack of understanding regarding this IPv6 router setup and I can't find a guide or reference setup, so any help on this is greatly appreciated.