From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265974AbUFOV2z (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:28:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265977AbUFOV2z (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:28:55 -0400 Received: from 153.Red-213-4-13.pooles.rima-tde.net ([213.4.13.153]:32004 "EHLO kerberos.felipe-alfaro.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265974AbUFOV1w (ORCPT ); Tue, 15 Jun 2004 17:27:52 -0400 Subject: Re: Bug#253590: How to turn off IPV6 (link local) From: Felipe Alfaro Solana To: Bernd Eckenfels Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Trent Lloyd , 253590@bugs.debian.org In-Reply-To: <20040615194657.GA7474@lina.inka.de> References: <20040614233215.GA10547@lina.inka.de> <20040615023022.GB24269@thump.bur.st> <20040615194657.GA7474@lina.inka.de> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2004 23:27:58 +0200 Message-Id: <1087334878.1689.1.camel@teapot.felipe-alfaro.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 1.5.9.1 (1.5.9.1-2) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, 2004-06-15 at 21:46 +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > So I think autoconf=0 should avoid adding the 3ff8 link local address (as > well as lo ::1) 3ff8 a link local address? I think you're wrong. Link local addresses have the fe80:: prefix. 3ff8::/64 is a global unicast IPv6 address.