Bug 1719

Summary:	IPv6 default state is set to not forward packets
Product:	ns-3	Reporter:	Tommaso Pecorella <tommaso.pecorella>
Component:	ipv6	Assignee:	Tommaso Pecorella <tommaso.pecorella>
Status:	RESOLVED FIXED
Severity:	normal	CC:	ns-bugs
Priority:	P5
Version:	ns-3-dev
Hardware:	All
OS:	All

Description Tommaso Pecorella 2013-06-24 18:12:31 UTC

IPv6 should be aligned with IPv4 default behaviour, as is to forward packets.

Comment 1 Tommaso Pecorella 2013-06-24 18:14:44 UTC

Fixed in changeset: 9854:1eaf04160c8a

Comment 2 Tommaso Pecorella 2013-07-02 17:12:23 UTC

For the records:

This change has been reverted, so the default Ipv6 state is to NOT forward packets. Routers should enable the forwarding manually.

The reason is that most of the IPv6 functions, like handling router advertisements and so on are strictly dependant on the forwarding state (and this is stated in the RFCs).

The *default* IPv6 stack state is to NOT forward packets, i.e., to be a HOST.