severity 359676 wishlist tags 359676 + needhelp thanks On Wed, Mar 29, 2006 at 01:22:09PM +0200, Erik Åldstedt Sund wrote: > eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0E:A6:B1:61:CC > inet addr:169.254.191.118 Bcast:0.0.0.0 Mask:255.255.0.0 > inet6 addr: fe80::20e:a6ff:feb1:61cc/64 Scope:Link ... > 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 > link/ether 00:0e:a6:b1:61:cc brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > inet 169.254.191.118/16 scope link eth0 > inet 192.168.1.28/24 brd 192.168.1.255 scope global eth0
Thats what I thought, ifconfig only supports/shows named aliases for ipv4. I wonder why the kernel does not return the global scope address instead of the link local one, but I guess kernel folks wont fix that. ifconfig needs a netdev rewrite to support this. Gruss Bernd -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
