On 07/10/2017 05:42 PM, CLOSE Dave wrote: > On 07/10/17 17:32, Ed Greshko wrote: > >> Odd that you're getting an IPV6 error message. I don't have a global >> IPv6 address and only show.... >> >> [egreshko@f25f system]$ ip address show enp0s3 >> 2: enp0s3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc fq_codel state UP group >> default qlen 1000 >> link/ether 08:00:27:15:6d:e0 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff >> inet 192.168.1.198/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global dynamic enp0s3 >> valid_lft 84207sec preferred_lft 84207sec >> inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe15:6de0/64 scope link >> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever > > Yes, I also found that strange. But the address shown is the right one > per the output of ifconfig. I'm not intentionally running v6... The IPV6 you're seeing is the IPV6 link-local Unicast representation of your MAC address. All systems have that. It's part of IPV6's neighbor discovery and stateless address configuration systems. Link-local Unicast addresses can't be routed--they're only visible on the link the NIC is attached to. You can sort of think of them as the IPV6 equivalent of IPV4's "224.0.0.0" addresses, although they do more. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- - Rick Stevens, Systems Engineer, AllDigital ricks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - - AIM/Skype: therps2 ICQ: 226437340 Yahoo: origrps2 - - - - Consciousness: that annoying time between naps. - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
