IPv6 Support in Refence Platform of RDK Broadband - User Manual

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 simulteneously.

Environment Setup

• 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.

• User Access Considerations

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• Accessing the System

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• System Work Flow

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• Exiting the System

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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
• 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
• “/var/log/dibbler/”
• Check the “ifconfig” for erouter0 and brlan0 to confirm
• Both the interfaces have IPv4, local IPv6 and global IPv6 addresses
• On the client PC, connected to Raspberry-pi, open the website www.test-ipv6.com
• Check the “summary” tab and “Tests run” tab
• 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.

Troubleshooting

• Error Messages

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• Special Considerations

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