Hi. On Wed, Jan 09, 2019 at 10:42:27AM +0100, Rainer Dorsch wrote: > Hello, > > I am just wondering why ipv6 gets configured for enp1s0, even though I do not > request that in /etc/network/interfaces (?). <skip> > 2: enp1s0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state > UP > group default qlen 1000 > link/ether 74:d4:35:7b:0d:d8 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff > inet6 2a02:8070:898f:e4fc:76d4:35ff:fe7b:dd8/64 scope global mngtmpaddr > dynamic > valid_lft 14307sec preferred_lft 14307sec
You've got your IPv6 address via Router Advertisement (mngtmpaddr dynamic, limited address lifetime). And you don't need anything but a Linux kernel to get it. If you don't need IPv6 on that interface for some reason - add the following to your /etc/network/interfaces: iface enp1s0 inet6 auto accept_ra 0 Reco