Hi,
I'm confused why does my computer have this many IPV6 addresses assigned?
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:19:66:xx:xx:6d
inet addr:192.168.1.186 Bcast:192.168.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: fe80::219:66ff:fede:3a6d/64 Scope:Link
inet6 addr: 2001:470:xx:xx:4562:4a08:bc9d:a1f4/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: 2001:470:xx:xx:219:66ff:fede:3a6d/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: 2001:470:xx:xx:b50c:6bbb:6b3f:db4e/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: 2001:470:xx:xx:4cd8:404f:79a9:bd73/64 Scope:Global
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:605802 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:452614 errors:0 dropped:235 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:405305447 (405.3 MB) TX bytes:164951411 (164.9 MB)
Router IPV6 tunnel interface:
v6in4 Link encap:IPv6-in-IPv4
inet6 addr: 2001:470:27:a4::2/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::50de:eec1/128 Scope:Link
UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MTU:1480 Metric:1
RX packets:551969 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:294701 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:598239096 (570.5 MiB) TX bytes:47208342 (45.0 MiB)
Take with gain of salt, as I am a bit tired, but,
I think the answer to your question is ipv6 privacy extension.
Some reading you can do about it:
http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4941
https://home.regit.org/2011/04/ipv6-privacy/
http://blog.cyphermox.net/2011/12/enabling-ipv6-privacy-addresses.html
The only things that can assign IPv6 are..
RA (SLACC)
DHCP6v
Manual
He's right in that the culprit is probably privacy extensions.
Hi,
I wanted to thank all the tips and it was the privazy thing which I was non awere of.
Thanks to @mindlesstux and now the problem is solved.