Why address "fe80::20c:29ff:fe6c:e13c/64" is always present in the output of ifconfig command ?

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Issue

  • Why address "fe80::20c:29ff:fe6c:e13c/64" is always present in the output of ifconfig command ?
# ifconfig eth0
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:0C:29:6C:E1:3C
inet addr:192.168.207.250 Bcast:192.168.207.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
inet6 addr: ::192:168:207:185/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: 2000:192:168:207:20c:29ff:fe6c:e13c/64 Scope:Global
inet6 addr: fe80::20c:29ff:fe6c:e13c/64 Scope:Link
UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
RX packets:55 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:60 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
RX bytes:5906 (5.7 KiB) TX bytes:11045 (10.7 KiB)

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 , 6
  • IPv6

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