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authorGinko <152240782+Giggum@users.noreply.github.com>2024-05-03 13:17:39 -0400
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2024-05-03 18:17:39 +0100
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tunnelbroker: adds suggestion to source-address assignment for users with dynamic IPs (#1415)
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-rw-r--r--docs/configexamples/autotest/tunnelbroker/_include/vyos-wan_tun0.conf8
-rw-r--r--docs/configexamples/autotest/tunnelbroker/tunnelbroker.rst13
2 files changed, 15 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/docs/configexamples/autotest/tunnelbroker/_include/vyos-wan_tun0.conf b/docs/configexamples/autotest/tunnelbroker/_include/vyos-wan_tun0.conf
index 03889ffd..ab70ccc5 100644
--- a/docs/configexamples/autotest/tunnelbroker/_include/vyos-wan_tun0.conf
+++ b/docs/configexamples/autotest/tunnelbroker/_include/vyos-wan_tun0.conf
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-set interfaces tunnel tun0 address '2001:470:6c:779::2/64' #Tunnelbroker Client IPv6 Address
+set interfaces tunnel tun0 address '2001:470:6c:779::2/64' #Tunnelbroker Client IPv6 address
set interfaces tunnel tun0 description 'HE.NET IPv6 Tunnel'
set interfaces tunnel tun0 encapsulation 'sit'
-set interfaces tunnel tun0 remote '216.66.86.114' #Tunnelbroker Server IPv4 Address
-set interfaces tunnel tun0 source-address '172.29.129.60' # Tunnelbroker Client IPv4 Address or if there is NAT the current WAN interface address
+set interfaces tunnel tun0 remote '216.66.86.114' #Tunnelbroker Server IPv4 address
+set interfaces tunnel tun0 source-address '172.29.129.60' # Tunnelbroker Client IPv4 address. See note below
set protocols static route6 ::/0 interface tun0
@@ -10,4 +10,4 @@ set interface ethernet eth2 address '2001:470:6d:778::1/64' # Tunnelbroker Route
set service router-advert interface eth2 name-server '2001:470:20::2'
set service router-advert interface eth2 prefix 2001:470:6d:778::/64 # Tunnelbroker Routed /64 prefix
-set system name-server 2001:470:20::2 #Tunnelbroker DNS Server \ No newline at end of file
+set system name-server 2001:470:20::2 #Tunnelbroker DNS Server
diff --git a/docs/configexamples/autotest/tunnelbroker/tunnelbroker.rst b/docs/configexamples/autotest/tunnelbroker/tunnelbroker.rst
index 96c2e1af..5bfcb642 100644
--- a/docs/configexamples/autotest/tunnelbroker/tunnelbroker.rst
+++ b/docs/configexamples/autotest/tunnelbroker/tunnelbroker.rst
@@ -48,7 +48,15 @@ Now we are able to setup the tunnel interface.
:language: none
:lines: 1-5
-Setup the ipv6 default route to the tunnel interface
+.. note:: The `source-address` is the Tunnelbroker client IPv4
+ address or if there is NAT the current WAN interface address.
+
+ If `source-address` is dynamic, the tunnel will cease working once
+ the address changes. To avoid having to manually update
+ `source-address` each time the dynamic IP changes, an address of
+ '0.0.0.0' can be specified.
+
+Setup the IPv6 default route to the tunnel interface
.. literalinclude:: _include/vyos-wan_tun0.conf
:language: none
@@ -204,4 +212,5 @@ instead of `set firewall name NAME`, you would use `set firewall ipv6-name
NAME`.
Similarly, to attach the firewall, you would use `set interfaces ethernet eth0
-firewall in ipv6-name` or `et firewall zone LOCAL from WAN firewall ipv6-name`. \ No newline at end of file
+firewall in ipv6-name` or `set firewall zone LOCAL from WAN firewall
+ipv6-name`.