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Wireless interfaces do not get IPv6 link-local address assigned
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Description

To reproduce:

sudo modprobe mac80211_hwsim
set interfaces wireless wlan0 physical-device phy0
set interfaces wireless wlan0 ssid VyOS-WIFI-0
set interfaces wireless wlan0 type station
set interfaces wireless wlan0 address 192.0.2.1/30
vyos@vyos# ip addr show dev wlan0
68: wlan0: <NO-CARRIER,BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc mq state DOWN group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 02:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 192.0.2.1/30 brd 192.0.2.3 scope global wlan0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever

Details

Difficulty level
Unknown (require assessment)
Version
1.4-rolling-202305270959
Why the issue appeared?
Will be filled on close
Is it a breaking change?
Perfectly compatible
Issue type
Bug (incorrect behavior)

Event Timeline

c-po claimed this task.May 29 2023, 7:22 AM
c-po created this task.
pasik added a subscriber: pasik.May 29 2023, 7:34 AM
c-po updated the task description. (Show Details)May 29 2023, 7:58 PM
Viacheslav triaged this task as Low priority.Jan 20 2024, 12:46 PM
c-po added a comment.Feb 16 2024, 11:38 AM

Works as expected:

sudo modprobe mac80211_hwsim

set interfaces wireless wlan0 address '1.1.1.1/24'
set interfaces wireless wlan0 country-code 'de'
set interfaces wireless wlan0 ssid 'foo'
set interfaces wireless wlan0 type 'access-point'
[email protected]# ip a show dev wlan0
136: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc noqueue state UP group default qlen 1000
    link/ether 02:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
    inet 1.1.1.1/24 brd 1.1.1.255 scope global wlan0
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
    inet6 fe80::ff:fe00:0/64 scope link
       valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
c-po closed this task as Resolved.Feb 16 2024, 11:38 AM
c-po edited projects, added VyOS 1.4 Sagitta (1.4.0-epa1), VyOS 1.5 Circinus; removed VyOS 1.4 Sagitta.
c-po moved this task from Need Triage to Finished on the VyOS 1.5 Circinus board.
c-po moved this task from Need Triage to Finished on the VyOS 1.4 Sagitta (1.4.0-epa1) board.
c-po changed Is it a breaking change? from Unspecified (possibly destroys the router) to Perfectly compatible.
c-po changed Issue type from Unspecified (please specify) to Bug (incorrect behavior).