From: zsd@jdvb.ca   
      
   On 2025-12-27 at 19:25 AST, Theo  wrote:   
   > Jim Diamond  wrote:   
   >> I was looking at my network and discovered an IP which I didn't know about;   
   >> after a few seconds of investigation I discovered that one of my Pis (which   
   >> is on wifi only, and only has one wifi card) has two IPs.   
   >>   
   >> Two of my other Pis are running the same version of Raspberry Pi OS (i.e.,   
   >> "Debian GNU/Linux 12 (bookworm)").  They don't do this.   
   >>   
   >> Looking around the net, there are claims that this is because Pis might try   
   >> to netboot, and that later on in the boot process they also get their usual   
   >> IP the "usual" way.  (In my case I am using networkmanager.)   
   >>   
   >> I can't imagine what I did to make one of my Pis want to (try to) netboot.   
   >>   
   >> Has anyone here seen this, and, if so, know what grievous sins I have   
   >> committed to make this happen?  And how to make it stop?   
   >   
   > Is this two IPv4 addresses?  Having multiple IPv6 addresses is completely   
   > routine.  As is having one IPv4 and one or more IPv6s.   
      
   It was in fact two IPv4 addresses.  One which the Network Manager config   
   file specifies, and the other was some other address which I speculate   
   came from the router's DHCP server.   
      
                                   Jim   
      
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