March 2019
Beginner
490 pages
12h 40m
English
By default in Linux, in the new distributions, the IPv6 protocol is already activated and, therefore, already in the subnet where the machine is located and it can communicate with others devices using its link-local address. To find out the IPv6 address, use the ifconfig command or the ip command with the following options:
# ip -6 a l dev eth0 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qlen 1000 inet6 fe80::bc6c:91ff:feb7:be0a/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever# ip -6 addr show 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qlen 1000 inet6 fe80::bc6c:91ff:feb7:be0a/64 ...
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