On 28.05.19 14:59, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 08:51:41AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > [...] > > > But who or what is the gatekeeper to make sure the address you choose, > > supposedly at random, isn't in use someplace next door or half the > > planet away? There may be some sort of an enforcement in ipv6, but I've > > not heard of it. That doesn't mean it doesn't exist, just that if it > > does, I've never read about it. > > I refer you (second time today, hint, hint) to this page from Wikipedia: > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address#IPv6
That gives a vague nebulous overview, but Gene needs a bit more detail. A quick google of "linux static ipv6 address howto" gave some promising looking hits. I liked the look of the third hit: https://kb.wisc.edu/ns/page.php?id=14099 While the example is aimed at a specific site, it shows the files to be edited, and IIUC, FE80 is for local addressing, like ipv4 non-routable address ranges, so it should be generally applicable, I figure. The tutorial in the second hit: https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-ipv6-networking-configuration/ might be worth a try next, using an FE80 address, I figure. Use your google foo, Gene! There's so much chaff out there, and life's too short to be sorting the wheat out with tweezers. Erik