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.


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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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On Thu, May 08, 2008 at 02:59:14AM +0800, Justin Jereza wrote:

> 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.

In order to test your /etc/network/interfaces try

ifdown eth0
ifup eth0

Do you get an IPv6 address with this?

Regards,
Andrei
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