ipv6

[Karl Auer]

On Tue, 2013-03-05 at 13:49 -0800, Thufir wrote:
> I notice that ifconfig seems to use, or default to, ipv6.  I have
> trouble parsing the address because I'm trying to use addresses like
> 192.x.x.x but see ipv6 info in ifconfig.

ifconfig will show you all addresses on an interface - including IPv6
addresses. You should be seeing both IPv4 and IPv6 addresses. If you are
offline you may not be seeing any IPv4 addresses, but IPv6 will at very
least have a link local address on every interface that is up. A better
program for looking at your network configuration is probably the "ip"
program.

See only IPv6 addresses:
   ip -6 addr show

See only IPv4 addresses:
   ip -4 addr show

Look at "man ip" for more options (there are a great many).

Regards, K.

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