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Path: ...!news.tomockey.net!3.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!news.in-chemnitz.de!news.swapon.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Anybody Using IPv6? Date: Wed, 21 May 2025 10:39:32 +0200 Lines: 32 Message-ID: <m95hq4Fl2itU1@mid.individual.net> References: <m8s17vF4395U2@mid.individual.net> <r7kh2ktuo8sl5hrn77gih786uqdklfnvqq@4ax.com> <m8smu5F4395U5@mid.individual.net> <w6GdneCj_9dqyrT1nZ2dnZfqnPGdnZ2d@giganews.com> <100c46e$3c1el$1@news1.tnib.de> <m91evtFfleU3@mid.individual.net> <100hcra$3nsq7$1@news1.tnib.de> <100hijb$25ta5$5@dont-email.me> <100hl34$3of0i$1@news1.tnib.de> <m935taF8pgbU4@mid.individual.net> <100i89e$19k3$1@news1.tnib.de> <100i92h$2a8rb$3@dont-email.me> <m93p9bF8pgcU12@mid.individual.net> <100ieve$1o3d$1@news1.tnib.de> <m93tqqF8pgcU15@mid.individual.net> <m94ut4FctjhU2@mid.individual.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: individual.net kFwfH+Fm8ecXIVrxASIe2AQf+G9JBjcSn31zLqH621JpfReCZm Cancel-Lock: sha1:9TjSJzPEjszgwS6MV22OpsEfTeo= sha256:0jlLlIchgeq0kz/p/TVWGe0HVjO5zKfYi//A+v8wFdU= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-CA, es-ANY In-Reply-To: <m94ut4FctjhU2@mid.individual.net> Bytes: 2584 On 2025-05-21 05:16, vallor wrote: > On Tue, 20 May 2025 19:52:26 +0200, "Carlos E. R." > <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote in <m93tqqF8pgcU15@mid.individual.net>: > >> On 2025-05-20 19:43, Marc Haber wrote: >>> "Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote: >>>> Consider that, for instance, this laptop has an IPv6 address: >>>> >>>> cer@Isengard:~> ifconfig >>>> eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 >>>> inet 192.168.1.16 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 192.168.255.255 >>>> inet6 fc00::16 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x0<global> >>>> inet6 fe80::4ecc:6aff:fe61:50a1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> >>>> ether 4c:cc:6a:61:50:a1 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet) >>>> ... >>> >>> This laptop has an IPv6 link local address. >> >> I know. That one is automatic. >> >> And also a given global address that I personally wrote. > > I'm wondering what the purpose of the global address is? > > If you don't have global IPv6 reachability, why have a global > address (bogus or otherwise)? Because I wanted to try LAN connectivity, between computers, years ago. -- Cheers, Carlos E.R.