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I was told that an IPv6 link-local address — typically starting with fe80:: — is derived from the interface's MAC address. Here are some instruction on how to do the conversion.

But the conversion result doesn't match my actual IPv6 link-local address according to ip a. My IPv6 link-local addresses and MAC addresses don't seem related at all.

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