Did you install a net-tools package that has ipv6 support? (Do an ifconfig
--help and see if inet6(IPv6) is in the list of possible address families.
Peter Bieringer's site:
http://www.bieringer.de/linux/IPv6/
Is a great resource for setting up Linux and IPv6.
Hope that helps,
Sam
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On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, s tsao wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I'm setting up IPv6 on linux kernel 2.4.1.
>
> When executing 'ifconfig', one expects to see:
>
> inet addr:10.10.1.9 Bcast: 10.10.1.255
> Mask:255.255.255.255.0
>
> inet6addr: fe80:.......... scope: link
> inet6addr: 3ffe........... scope: Global
> inet6 addr:fe80........... scope: Link
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU: 1500 Metric: 1
>
> However, I only see:
> inet addr: 10.10.1.9 Bcast: 10.10.1.255
> Mask: 255.255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU: 1500 Metric:1
>
> I can't figure out why the link & global address does
> not appear. Has anyone encountered similar situation
> before? I'm new to this mailing list and hope the
> question is appropriate for this newsgroup. If not, I
> would greatly appreciate if someone can direct me to
> the appropriate newsgroup.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Susan
>
>
>
>
>
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