Re: start up script trouble

[jmt <jmt@dxdydz.net>]

That was it !

/etc/network/interfaces is now :

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet6 static
        pre-up modprobe ipv6
        address 2001:7a8:2280:119::119
        netmask 64

Thanks a lot,

jmt


On Sunday 06 February 2005 22:29, Jochen Friedrich wrote:
> Hi jmt,
>
> > I am trying to configure ipv6 on a machine.
> > Networking is started at boot time by the script /etc/init.d/networking
> >
> > If I do a ifconfig, I get for eth0 only the ipv4 address and the link
> > local ipv6 address (fe80:: ...)
> > To enable eth0 with its static address, I have to put this interface down
> > and up again with ifup.
> >
> > Do I have  to write a special startup script for using ip6 ?
>
> I think in your configuration, the ipv6 module is loaded after
> /etc/init.d/networking is executed during boot. Adding ipv6 to
> /etc/modules should fix the problem.
>
> Thanks,
> Jochen