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>14.3. Debian Linux</H1
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>Following information was contributed by Stephane Bortzmeyer <bortzmeyer at nic dot fr></P
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>Be sure that IPv6 is loaded, either because it is compiled into the kernel or because the module is loaded. For the latest, three solutions, adding it to /etc/modules, using the pre-up trick shown later or using kmod (not detailed here).</P
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>Configure your interface. Here we assume eth0 and address (2001:0db8:1234:5::1:1). Edit /etc/network/interfaces:</P
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>iface eth0 inet6 static
pre-up modprobe ipv6
address 2001:0db8:1234:5::1:1
# To suppress completely autoconfiguration:
# up echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/autoconf
netmask 64
# The router is autoconfigured and has no fixed address.
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# found. (/proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/accept_ra). Otherwise:
#gateway 2001:0db8:1234:5::1</PRE
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>and you have your static address. </P
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