michaelsanford
Translator, Web Developer
Code:
[ms@nimbus /]% ifconfig ppp0
ppp0: flags=8051<UP,POINTOPOINT,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1492
inet 64.230.126.191 --> 64.230.254.39 netmask 0xff000000
[ms@nimbus /]% ifconfig en0
en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
tunnel inet -->
inet6 fe80::203:93ff:fe86:f73a%en0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x4
ether 00:03:93:86:f7:3a
media: autoselect (10baseT/UTP <half-duplex>) status: active
supported media: none autoselect 10baseT/UTP
<half-duplex> 10baseT/UTP <full-duplex>
10baseT/UTP <full-duplex,hw-loopback>
100baseTX <half-duplex> 100baseTX <full-duplex>
100baseTX <full-duplex,hw-loopback>I have a SpeedTouch Home (by Alcatel) ADSL modem connected through en0 in my iMac TFT 700MHz.
ifconfig only recognizes my internet connection as interface ppp0. When I try to enable ip6 (with the util of the same name), I have to use en0 as the interface name.
1) Why is this the case?
2) Since I get no error message (no message at all) when I issue 'ip6 -u en0' does this mean it's been enabled properly?