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Allow PPPoE interface to be assigned IPv6 address via DHCPv6
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Description

My ISP provides a /128 IPv6 address for the CPE over DHCPv6 as an option 3 non-temporary address.

Whilst dhcpv6 is an option on ethernet interfaces:

set interfaces ethernet eth0 address dhcpv6

It's not currently possible to specify this for PPPoE interfaces

I'd like to propose adding this option for PPPoE interfaces:

set interfaces pppoe pppoe0 address dhcpv6

The ethernet config pulls in interface-definitions/include/interface/address-ipv4-ipv6-dhcp.xml.i but for a PPPoE interface I believe only the DHCPv6 option is going to be relevant. Therefore, would a new include that just defines dhcpv6 as an option be the way forward here?

I've built a test image with updated interface definitions, and can successfully have the /128 address assigned to the PPPoE interface via DHCPv6 but not sure of the best way to structure the change for a PR.

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Difficulty level
Unknown (require assessment)
Version
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Why the issue appeared?
Will be filled on close
Is it a breaking change?
Perfectly compatible
Issue type
Feature (new functionality)

Event Timeline

dotAndy created this task.Nov 19 2023, 3:15 PM
pasik added a subscriber: pasik.Nov 19 2023, 7:23 PM
Viacheslav added a subscriber: Viacheslav.Nov 20 2023, 1:37 PM

Did you try it?

set interfaces pppoe pppoe1 ipv6
dotAndy added a comment.Nov 21 2023, 10:44 PM

I had the below set on the pppoe interface to allow for DHCPv6-PD. That part was working fine it was just the pppoe interface that wasn't picking up an address:

set interfaces pppoe pppoe0 ipv6 address autoconf
syncer edited projects, added VyOS 1.3 Equuleus (1.3.6); removed VyOS 1.3 Equuleus.Dec 17 2023, 11:33 PM
Viacheslav triaged this task as Normal priority.Jan 20 2024, 2:09 AM
syncer edited projects, added VyOS 1.3 Equuleus (1.3.7); removed VyOS 1.3 Equuleus (1.3.6).Feb 10 2024, 9:18 AM
Viacheslav removed projects: VyOS 1.3 Equuleus (1.3.7), VyOS 1.4 Sagitta.Thu, Apr 18, 11:28 AM

@dotAndy Is it still relevant?
Can you create a PR?