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Re: IPv6 configuration in /etc/network/interfaces doesn't work on bootup



On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 02:59:14AM +0800, Justin Jereza wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I've got the following in my interfaces file:
> 
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> # The primary network interface
> allow-hotplug eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
>         address 192.168.5.1
>         netmask 255.255.255.0
>         gateway 192.168.5.254
>         dns-nameservers 192.168.5.254
> iface eth0 inet6 static
>         address fc00::1:1
>         netmask 7
> 
> Anybody got any ideas why the IPv6 address doesn't get assigned to
> eth0 on bootup?
> 
> ifconfig eth0 add fc00::1:1/7 works fine after bootup.

quick guess is because the ip6 module is loaded early enough !

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