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# This file describes the network interfaces available on your system
# and how to activate them. For more information, see interfaces(5).
# The loopback network interface
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
# The primary network interface
auto eth0
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.87.30.54
netmask 255.255.255.192
gateway 192.87.30.1
# This is a statically configured IPv6 interface
iface eth0 inet6 static
autoconf 0
privext 0
address 2001:610:148:dead::54
gateway 2001:610:148:dead::1
netmask 64
accept_ra 0
dns-search terena.org
dns-domain terena.org
dns-nameservers 2001:610:1:800a:192:87:106:106 2001:610:188:140:145:100:188:188
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Note that despite the comment on the second line (see interfaces(5)), not everything is explained there. You have to look at resolvconf(8) as well.
There is a bug that effectively overrides the privext
value with what's in /etc/sysctl.d/10-ipv6-privacy.conf. You have to work around it by commenting out the two lines there.
VMware tools
Our setup consists of VMware ESXi 4.1 boxes, and I configured the Precise VMs with a vmxnet3 NIC, and a paravirtualised SCSI hard disk, and the linux-image-virtual kernel.
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