Whenever I am trying to assign a Ipv6 address to the interface I get the following error:
If Don't use "via" option then it works fine.
vk8-2-ext-rtr:~$ sudo ip -6 addr add 2002:2:1:1::/64 via fe80::5054:ff:feec:4d7b dev eth1
Error: either "local" is duplicate, or "via" is a garbage.
ifconfig eth1
eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 52:54:00:ec:4d:7b
inet addr:1.212.1.1 Bcast:1.212.1.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: 2001::5054:ff:feec:4d7b/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::5054:ff:feec:4d7b/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:11672128 errors:0 dropped:454806 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:150701 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:797480601 (797.4 MB) TX bytes:55218888 (55.2 MB)
Please, let me know whats wrong?? Is it that I can't give via in Ipv6 address assignment if not then how would I assign it a via.