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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
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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.