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Two ULA addresses on one interface

I have a raspberry connected to an OpenWrt IPv4/IPv6 router. As you can see below, on the eth1 interface I get two ULA addresses: fd00::1f0/128 and fd00::27d5:6387:c8e5:3b1a/64 On the router, the fd00:...
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Is there any way to query a router about the IPs it has already assigned?

I have a WiFi device which connects to my Android phone's hotspot. My Android phone acts as a router. From my Ubuntu I connect to the same network. Is there any way to query the router (in this case, ...
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Ethernet port on Linux machine not recognizing ethernet connection with embedded device

I have an atmel at91sam7x256 microcontroller that I would like to use for a TCP/IP communication. The very first step of my project is to be able to "ping" my board given its IP address. I have its IP ...
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Do I need the broadcast and network values in etc/network/interfaces?

My ISP has given me two static IPs, and I was just configuring the etc/network/interfaces file and saw that I need netmask, gateway, address, broadcast and network values. I only have the first three,...
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What is the maximum number of IPs that can be assigned to a given computer?

I really need to know this for a linux server, but since it also applies to client OSes, I figured the question should be posed here instead of server fault.
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finding IP address using Linux command prompt

I'm looking for a way to get my IP address using the command prompt in Linux. I know when you type "ifconfig" you can get your local IP address (i.e. 192.168.0.103), but I'm looking for my IP address ...
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