[Astlinux-users] How to receive an IPv6 address on the external interface using SLAAC

[Dr. P. V. <pv...@uo...>]

My AstLinux is installed on an APU1D4 behind a pfSense machine, e.g. the
AstLinux firewall is disabled and the only AstLinux interface I am
using is "external interface on eth0". AstLinux is working now for
about two years without any issues.

I have recently discovered that my ISP provides real dual stack
IPv4/IPv6 connectivity. Therefore I have started to play with IPv6 to
improve my knowledge. I changed the pfSense configuration to obtain an
IPv6 address besides the IPv4 one. Furthermore, I am using stateless
autoconfiguration (SLAAC) to provide IPv6 global addresses to my
various devices in my different wired and wireless home networks. This
works fine with all devices tested so far.

No I would like to obtain a global IPv6 address on the external
interface of AstLinux. I tested various configurations on the page
"Network Configuration Settings" and subsections "External Interface"
and "External DHCPv6 Client Settings" of the WebGUI without success so
far. All I could achive is a link-local address for the external
interface but I would like to obtain a global IPv6 address from pfSense.

I appreciate any comments on this. As I have just recently started to
learn IPv6, I may even suffer from a basic misunderstanding.

Thanks in advance,
Peter