Re: Anybody Using IPv6?

On Tue, 20 May 2025 19:52:26 +0200, "Carlos E. R."
<robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote in <m93tqqF8pgcU15@mid.individual.net>:

On 2025-05-20 19:43, Marc Haber wrote:

"Carlos E. R." <robin_listas@es.invalid> wrote:

Consider that, for instance, this laptop has an IPv6 address:
>
cer@Isengard:~> ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST>  mtu 1500
         inet 192.168.1.16  netmask 255.255.0.0  broadcast 192.168.255.255
         inet6 fc00::16  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x0<global>
         inet6 fe80::4ecc:6aff:fe61:50a1  prefixlen 64  scopeid 0x20<link>
         ether 4c:cc:6a:61:50:a1  txqueuelen 1000  (Ethernet)
...

 
This laptop has an IPv6 link local address.

 
I know. That one is automatic.
 
And also a given global address that I personally wrote.

I'm wondering what the purpose of the global address is?

If you don't have global IPv6 reachability, why have a global
address (bogus or otherwise)?

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