Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 09:23:33 +0900 From: Hajimu UMEMOTO <ume@freebsd.org> To: Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: multiple IPv6 addressing Message-ID: <ygezmkiylbu.wl%ume@mahoroba.org> In-Reply-To: <1140651365.72057.10.camel@triton.mcneil.com> References: <1140651365.72057.10.camel@triton.mcneil.com>
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Hi,
>>>>> On Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:36:05 -0800
>>>>> Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> said:
sean> I seem to think that this behaved differently, but perhaps not. Is this
sean> appropriate behavior?...
sean> triton# host ferrari
sean> ferrari has address 10.1.0.50
sean> ferrari has IPv6 address xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xx0e:xbxx:xxca:77cf
sean> ferrari has IPv6 address xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxc0:xfxx:xxa7:aea
sean> If I do a ping6 ferrari, it alternates between the 2 addresses. I
sean> thought it tried to figure out which was working. Seems that systems
sean> will often have multiple IPv6 addresses especially for something like a
sean> laptop with a wireless and wired connection.
Yes, it is expected default behavior. You may want to use
ip6addrctl(8) to change this behavior. Please refer the manpage of
ip6addrctl(8).
Sincerely,
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Hajimu UMEMOTO @ Internet Mutual Aid Society Yokohama, Japan
ume@mahoroba.org ume@{,jp.}FreeBSD.org
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