IPv6 Support in Reference Platform of RDK Broadband - User Manual

1.1. Introduction

The support for IPv6 has been added to the Reference platform i.e. Raspberry-pi Gateway with RDK Broadband. With this feature added, the Raspberry-pi gateway will support following:

• The gateway will have global IPv6 address for its WAN and LAN interfaces.
• This gateway will be able to provide an IPv6 address to its connected clients and it will able to route the internet connectivity over IPv6.
• With this solution, it will support both IPv4 and IPv6 connectivity simultaneously.

1.2. Environment Setup

• 1.2.1. Set-up Considerations

  • Connect the Raspberry-pi gateway device, running RDK-B, to an open network which supports IPv6.
    
    • If open network is not available, connect Raspberry-pi to another gateway as a client device.
    • Put that gateway device in "Bridge" mode. This will connect the Raspberry-pi to open network.
  • Connect a PC to Raspberry-pi gateway as a client.

1.3. Executing System

When the Raspberry-pi Gateway device is booted, verify that below processes are running.

• "dibbler-client"
• "dibbler-server"

Follow the below steps to verify the basic functionality of IPv6 routing:

• Connect to the shell of Raspberry-pi and verify
  • “/var/log/dibbler/”
  • Both the interfaces have IPv4, local IPv6 and global IPv6 addresses
• Run “dibbler-client status” to check both dibbler client and dibbler server are running
• Check the logs for both client and server in the below path and check if they are running fine without any errors
• Check the “ifconfig” for erouter0 and brlan0 to confirm
• On the client PC, connected to Raspberry-pi, open the website www.test-ipv6.com
  • Verify that on the “Summary” page, the score is 10/10.
  • Verify that the test results on the “Tests run” tab are all “ok” for all the tests executed.
• Check the “summary” tab and “Tests run” tab

1.4. Support