ipv6

[Thufir]

aha, that must be it.  Because I'm offline I only see IPv6, and, as you
say, ip is a better command.  thanks, puts me in the right direction.


-Thufir


On Tue, Mar 5, 2013 at 4:16 PM, Karl Auer <kauer at biplane.com.au> wrote:

> 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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