[Wylug-discuss] Manual IPv6 on Fedora Core 6

[Kevin Barrass]

Hi

I am having trouble assigning a static/Manual IPv6 address on a PC
running Fedora Core 6 with ALL latest patches applied.
In /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg-eth0 I have the below:

DEVICE=eth0
BROADCAST=x.x.x.x
HWADDR=xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx
IPADDR=x.x.x.x
IPV6ADDR=xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:2::6/64
IPV6PREFIX=64
NETMASK=255.255.255.248
NETWORK=x.x.x.x
ONBOOT=YES
GATEWAY=x.x.x.x
TYPE=Ethernet

Running ifconfig eth0 shows that the Global IPv6 address assigned on the
interface is an auto configured one not the one configured above.

Has anyone had any experience doing this and had the same problem. Also
I noticed there is nowhere during the fedora installation to configure
an IPv6 default gateway, on Linux are you assumed to rely on router
advertisements for the default gateway.

Kind Regards

Kev