ipv6 linux (setup local ip6 address)

[William F. Maton]

On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, Peilei Fan wrote:

> Here are the questions:
> 
>  1. when I try to do "ifconfig eth0 inet6 fec0:0:0:1:2c0:6cff:fe00:f043" so
>  that I can set it as some local ipv6 address, it gives the msg "don't know
>  how to set add for family 10"  Do you know what will be the reason? Do you
>  know how to configure your eth interface in ipv6 (set up local ip6 address, subnet mask, etc)? 

Don't do that! :-)  See below...

>  2. Also, do you refer some good website that give you instructions on ipv6
>  setup in linux or how to obtain an ipv6 static address?

	http://www.debian.org/~csmall/ipv6/setup.html

Try that site.  The instructions are generic enough to work on linux in
general.  ifconfig isn't as reliable to use as  'ip' is.

>  Peilei

wfms