removing stateless auto-configured addresses/routes?

[Mikael Abrahamsson]

On Mon, 4 Apr 2011, Gavin McCullagh wrote:

> The kernel doesn't set IPv4 addresses.

If another userspace process sets an IPv4 address, network manager changes 
it.

> Actually, it seems like they now do, if not by default.  If you edit the 
> details for an interface and change the IPv6 settings method from 
> "ignore" to "automatic", it cleans out the stale address as soon as you 
> disconnect. It seems like network-manager just ignores IPv6 by default. 
> Maybe that default ought to be reviewed.

If I choose "automatic" or DHCPv6 for address, I never get any address. So 
yes, it might clean it out but it also stops making it work (at least for 
me).

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Mikael Abrahamsson    email: swmike at swm.pp.se