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Re: IPv6 addresses



On 7/02/19 10:05 PM, Richard Hector wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
> Tipped off by a comment on here, and confirmed I think by reading the
> manpage, it seems I should be able to set multiple addresses on an
> interface by using multiple iface stanzas for the same interface in
> /etc/network/interfaces.
> 
> So I have something like this:
> 
> iface ens3 inet static
>   <v4 stuff>
> 
> # this one should hopefully configure via SLAAC
> iface ens3 inet6 auto
> 
> # this one is for my static stuff (using a ULA prefix)
> iface ens3 inet6 static
>   address 2001:db8::1/64
>   up ip -6 route add ...
>   up ip -6 route add ...
>   up ip -6 route add ...
> 
> But I don't get the SLAAC address. The only way I've managed to get the
> SLAAC address plus the static, is to have a single auto stanza like this:
> 
> iface ens3 inet6 auto
>   up ip -6 addr add 2001:db8::1/64 dev ens3
>   up ip -6 route add ...
>   up ip -6 route add ...
>   up ip -6 route add ...
> 
> Incidentally, that also gives me an autoconfigured address (based on the
> MAC) in the 2001:db8::/64 prefix, which I don't think I need.
> 
> Does that suggest a bug in ifupdown? Or am I interpreting something wrong?

Actually, if I put the 'auto' stanza after the 'static' one, it does
work (I still get the autogenerated address in the ULA prefix).

Is it supposed to be order-sensitive?

I can also make it work by adding 'autoconf 1' to the static stanza, and
omitting the auto stanza.

Richard


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