Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2001 10:24:13 +0200 (West-Europa (zomertijd)) From: Rogier Steehouder <r.j.steehouder@student.utwente.nl> To: Matthew Emmerton <matt@gsicomp.on.ca> Cc: <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: [FBSD-Q] strange ifconfig up behaviour Message-ID: <Pine.WNT.4.33.0104201020290.-153483@rhosgobel> In-Reply-To: <02d401c0c929$61915350$1200a8c0@gsicomp.on.ca>
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Mail from Matthew Emmerton, sent 19-04-2001:
> How in the heck did this card magically get assigned an IPv6 address?
> Later, when I do an 'ifconfig rl0 down', the flags are changed, but the
> inet6 address stays, and I'm unable to remove the address from the
> interface.
IPv6 autoconfiguration. Every nic gets a link-local address starting with
fe80::. Then it will add a semi-random unique number to that (usually the
mac address?). This address can then be used to aquire a global address
from the nearest router.
Do a web search on IPv6 autoconfiguration. (or don't use IPv6) (or don't
worry about it)
with kind regards, Rogier Steehouder
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