Bug #10709: services_router_advertisements.php: radvd won't start if Default valid lifetime is less than Default preferred lifetime - pfSense - pfSense bugtracker

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Bug #10709

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services_router_advertisements.php: radvd won't start if Default valid lifetime is less than Default preferred lifetime

Added by Mike Murdoch over 4 years ago. Updated almost 4 years ago.

Status:

Resolved

Priority:

Normal

Assignee:

Renato Botelho

Category:

IPv6 Router Advertisements (radvd/rtsold)

Target version:

2.5.0

Start date:

06/28/2020

Due date:

% Done:

100%

Estimated time:

Plus Target Version:

Release Notes:

Affected Version:

2.4.5-p1

Affected Architecture:

All

Description

Hello,

the user interface allows the `Default valid lifetime` field to be set to a lower value than `Default preferred lifetime` field. When this is done, radvd will not start, due to

AdvValidLifeTime must be greater than AdvPreferredLifetime in /var/etc/radvd.conf, line 18

Someone less familiar with Pfsense will likely spend a lot of time trying to hunt why their IPv6 is nto working. The user interface should probably warn the user and not allow such a configuration to be saved in the first place (just like it is being done when the Default valid lifetime is set to below 7200)

Thanks!