ipv6

[nowiresltd]

Order of ipv6 ip's

I have a server with 5 ipv4 and 5 ipv6 ip's

However when i send emails to gmail, it comes from the ip first in the list when i do

ip a (ip's altered)

1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue state UNKNOWN
link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00
inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo
inet6 ::1/128 scope host
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast state UP qlen 1000
link/ether 52:54:00:01:14:91 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 15.20.3.28/24 brd 15.20.3.255 scope global eth0
inet 15.20.3.35/24 brd 15.20.3.255 scope global secondary eth0:0
inet 15.20.3.36/24 brd 15.20.3.255 scope global secondary eth0:1
inet 15.20.3.37/24 brd 15.20.3.255 scope global secondary eth0:2
inet 15.20.3.38/24 brd 15.20.3.255 scope global secondary eth0:3
inet 15.20.3.39/24 brd 15.20.3.255 scope global secondary eth0:4
inet 15.20.3.40/24 brd 15.20.3.255 scope global secondary eth0:5
inet6 2a03:358:1:29:15:20:3:40/64 scope global
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 2a03:358:1:29:15:20:3:39/64 scope global
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 2a03:358:1:29:15:20:3:38/64 scope global
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 2a03:358:1:29:15:20:3:37/64 scope global
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 2a03:358:1:29:15:20:3:36/64 scope global
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 2a03:358:1:29:15:20:3:35/64 scope global
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 2a03:358:1:29:15:20:3:28/64 scope global
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever
inet6 fe80::5054:ff:fe01:1491/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever


ipv4 is in the correct order but ipv6 isnt. Any idea how to set the order of ipv6 ?

Thanks

Andrew

 

[scsi]

http://www.exim.org/exim-html-curre...daemon_and_the_use_of_network_interfaces.html

 

[nowiresltd]

Hi

Whilst the link is useful, it doesnt help me with the specific issue.

Thanks

 

[zEitEr]

Hello,

Did you try to restart network interface?