Avoiding EUI64 addresses on Ubuntu 12.04

[Seth Mattinen]

On 5/22/13 6:41 AM, Dick Visser wrote:
> Hi
> 
> I'm trying to configure an Ubuntu 12.04 Server VM with static IP addresses.
> The config is this:
> 
> 
> # The loopback network interface
> auto lo
> iface lo inet loopback
> 
> # The primary network interface
> auto eth0
> iface eth0 inet static
>         address 192.87.38.9
>         netmask 255.255.255.192
>         gateway 192.87.38.1
> 
> # IPv6 static address
> iface eth0 inet6 static
>         address 2001:610:148:cafe::9
>         netmask 64
>         autoconf 0
>         privext 0
>         dns-search terena.org
>         dns-domain terena.org
>         dns-nameservers 2001:610:1:800a:192:87:106:106
> 2001:610:188:140:145:100:188:188
> 


On Debian I add:

pre-up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/$IFACE/autoconf

To the "iface ethX inet6 static" section.

~Seth