[GTALUG] 2 networks under ip (iproute2)

[James Knott]

On 02/27/2015 04:03 PM, Lennart Sorensen wrote:
> ifconfig is NOT a sane tool these days.

It predates the 169.254.00 link local addresses, so it likely wouldn't
"know" they aren't to be routed.  With IPv6, link local addresses are
based on the MAC address and start with FE80.  Since they're based on
the MAC address, there's no need to pick a random number.