get rid of the eui64 address

Andrey V. Elsukov bu7cher at yandex.ru
Thu Oct 18 15:34:02 UTC 2018


On 17.10.2018 12:45, Victor Sudakov wrote:
> Dear Colleagues,
> 
> I have a static IPv6 address configured on a host. However, an
> autoconfigured eui64 address keeps popping up even if I delete it
> manually.  It's marked by the "autoconf" flag in the ifconfig output.
> 
> Can I get rid of the autoconf'ed address for good, but still keep the
> rtsold running (for the sake of the default gateway)?
> 
> Or should I leave it alone? I just want to make sure that the static
> IPv6 address is used for outgoing connections.

You can use prefer_source flag for your static address, and for most
cases it will be chosen by IPv6 SAS algorithm (if it is from the same
prefix as autoconfigured one).

-- 
WBR, Andrey V. Elsukov

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