Re: how to disable automatic route addition for an ipv6 address

On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 2:01 AM, Mikael Abrahamsson [off-list ref] wrote:

On Mon, 5 Nov 2012, devendra.aaru wrote:

quoted

while adding the ipv6 address to interface ,

ifconfig eth0 add 2001:8800:10fb:4444::ae/64

i am seeing the route addition automatically

route -n -A inet6 shows that one of the route from the above added
address.

You mean you get a /64 route to the interface? I'd say that's normal, as
you're adding a /64.

If you do not want this, add it as a /128 instead.

"ip -6 a a dev eth0 2000:db8::1/128" will add just that /128 to eth0
interface without an encompassing network route.

"ip -6 r l" to verify (you will see just the IPv6 address to the device, ie
an implicit /128).

Thanks a lot Mikael, i will give a try :-)

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