On Mon, Aug 6, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Lukas Jirkovsky <l.jirkovsky@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I have the same problem, but it doesn't even show the IPv6 address.
> Only the link address is shown, which is of no use.
>
> iproute2 3.4.0-2:
> ---------------------
> 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
> link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
> inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
> inet6 ::1/128 scope host
> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
> 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast
> state UP qlen 1000
> link/ether 20:cf:30:55:81:2d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
> inet 10.77.116.13/24 brd 10.77.116.255 scope global eth0
> inet6 2a01:490:11:7488:22cf:30ff:fe55:812d/64 scope global dynamic
> valid_lft 2591780sec preferred_lft 604580sec
> inet6 fe80::22cf:30ff:fe55:812d/64 scope link
> valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
>
> iproute2 3.5.0-1
> ---------------------
> 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
> link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
> 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast
> state UP qlen 1000
> link/ether 20:cf:30:55:81:2d brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
$ ip -4 addr
1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast
state UP qlen 1000
inet 192.168.1.2/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth0
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