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Date: Mon, 8 Jan 2001 13:34:06 +0000
From: David Malone <dwmalone@maths.tcd.ie>
To: Leo Bicknell <bicknell@ufp.org>
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Subject: Re: conf/24130: rc.network6 assumes single ipv6 interface is always the first interface
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On Sun, Jan 07, 2001 at 03:30:02PM -0800, Leo Bicknell wrote:

>  	I'm working on troubleshooting now to find the exact cause
>  of the problem, but notice something interesting already.  If I set
>  ipv6_enable="NO", fxp0 still gets an ipv6 link local address.  I 
>  then removed /etc/rc.network6 (actually, made it a one line empty
>  script) and tried again (with ipv6_enable="NO"), and I still get a 
>  link local address on fxp0 (not on fxp1 though).  

I think the link local addresses are created automatically if the
interface is marked as up. I think it is intentional, but I don't
know. Maybe one of the KAME guys could explain.

Do you think I should close this PR?

	David.


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