Re: IPV6 hosts file (was: Re: That time IPv6 farted in Gene's church (Was Re: forcedeth?))

[Erik Christiansen <dvalin@internode.on.net>]

On 27.05.19 17:06, Gene Heskett wrote:
> Thats fine, shows the loop local stuff, but how does one determine the 
> ipv6 address for picnc.coyote.den for instance. I think it somehow 
> related to picnc's mac address, but thats just a WAG.

On coyote, it'll look something like line 3:

$ ifconfig -a
eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:31:20:c2:5f:5e  

          inet addr:192.168.1.2  Bcast:192.168.1.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe81::231:19ff:fea1:4f4e/64 Scope:Link
          ...


But if in doubt, set it to something you like, then add it to /etc/hosts on
the others, I figure. (Haven't yet fussed with IPV6, myself.)

Erik

P.S. Yes, there's doubtless an "ip" way to show addresses too. BMG.

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