On Tuesday 28 May 2019 09:30:59 am Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 28.05.19 14:59, to...@tuxteam.de wrote: > > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 08:51:41AM -0400, Gene Heskett wrote: > > > > [...] > > > > > But who or what is the gatekeeper to make sure the address you > > > choose, supposedly at random, isn't in use someplace next door or > > > half the planet away? There may be some sort of an enforcement in > > > ipv6, but I've not heard of it. That doesn't mean it doesn't > > > exist, just that if it does, I've never read about it. > > > > I refer you (second time today, hint, hint) to this page from > > Wikipedia: > > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Link-local_address#IPv6 > > That gives a vague nebulous overview, but Gene needs a bit more > detail. A quick google of "linux static ipv6 address howto" gave some > promising looking hits. I liked the look of the third hit: > > https://kb.wisc.edu/ns/page.php?id=14099 > > While the example is aimed at a specific site, it shows the files to > be edited, and IIUC, FE80 is for local addressing, like ipv4 > non-routable address ranges, so it should be generally applicable, I > figure. > > The tutorial in the second hit: > > https://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/ubuntu-ipv6-networking-configuration/ > > might be worth a try next, using an FE80 address, I figure. > > Use your google foo, Gene! There's so much chaff out there, and life's > too short to be sorting the wheat out with tweezers.
Amen on that! > Erik What google-foo? With my luck, and looking for a razer blade, I get links to Gillette WY. Cheers, Gene Heskett -- "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) Genes Web page <http://geneslinuxbox.net:6309/gene>
