Dear List - I am trying to setup an IPv6 network, but I cannot get it to workl.
Added Address /etc/network/interfaces # The loopback network interface auto lo iface lo inet loopback iface etho0 inet static address 2620:7:a000::1 netmask 64 gateway ::ffff:c0a8:101 root@server1:/home/server1# ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:23:ae:27:b9:ec UP BROADCAST MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:0 (0.0 B) TX bytes:0 (0.0 B) Interrupt:16 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:65536 Metric:1 RX packets:6306 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:6306 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:2114918 (2.0 MiB) TX bytes:2114918 (2.0 MiB) wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:24:2c:49:d1:d8 inet addr:192.168.1.6 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: fe80::224:2cff:fe49:d1d8/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:97811 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:1779999 TX packets:81649 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:56313143 (53.7 MiB) TX bytes:15602876 (14.8 MiB) Interrupt:17 Base address:0xc000 netstat netstat -r Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags MSS Window irtt Iface default openrg.home 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0 wlan0 link-local * 255.255.0.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0 192.168.1.0 * 255.255.255.0 U 0 0 0 wlan0 server1@server1:~$ netstat -rn -A inet6 Kernel IPv6 routing table Destination Next Hop Flag Met Ref Use If ::1/128 :: U 256 0 0 lo fe80::/64 :: U 256 0 0 wlan0 ::/0 :: !n -1 1 3755 lo ::1/128 :: Un 0 4 47 lo fe80::224:2cff:fe49:d1d8/128 :: Un 0 1 0 lo ff00::/8 :: U 256 0 0 wlan0 ::/0 :: !n -1 1 3755 lo ping6 to google server1@server1:~$ ping6 ipv6.google.com connect: Network is unreachable ping6 to local host server1@server1:~$ ping6 localhost PING localhost(localhost) 56 data bytes 64 bytes from localhost: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.066 ms 64 bytes from localhost: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.088 ms 64 bytes from localhost: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.080 ms ^C --- localhost ping statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 received, 0% packet loss, time 1998ms rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.066/0.078/0.088/0.009 ms root@server1:/home/server1# host -t AAAA www.cyberciti.biz www.cyberciti.biz has no AAAA record root@server1:/home/server1# lsmod | grep -qw ipv6 && echo "IPv6 kernel driver loaded and configured." || echo "IPv6 not configured and/or driver loaded on the system." IPv6 not configured and/or driver loaded on the system. root@server1:/home/server1# ip -6 addr show 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 65536 inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 3: wlan0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qlen 1000 inet6 fe80::224:2cff:fe49:d1d8/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever TIA Ethan