Why does my wlan0 interface have 4 ip addresses? One ipv4 ip & Three ipv6 ips.

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The router i am using is a hitron-2250 wireless router. It is a ipv4 capable router ONLY. It does Not provide an ipv6 address what so ever. I am setup with dhcp, reserving two connections, 192.168.0.10 - 11.
My routers SSID address is: f2:f2:49:87:89:50

I have a wired connection to my computer, which does not receive an ipv6 address. I even disabled ipv6 in the drivers properties. I only have ipv4 and QoS enabled. Computer has private dhcp ip 192.168.0.10

- Now my issue. -

My galaxy s6 nougat 7.0 cell phone is running 3 interfaces while connected to wifi.
A. 'lo'
B. 'p2p0'
C. 'wlan0'

Interface A:
1. 127.0.0.1
1. (ipv4 Loopback)
2. ::1
2. (ipv6 Loopback)

Interface B:
1. fe80::e850:8bff:fe81:fe1d
1. (ipv6 Link-Local)

Interface C:
1. 192.168.0.11
1. (ipv4 Site-Local-Private)
2. fe80::ea50:8bff:fe81:fe1d
2. (ipv6 Link-Local)
3. fd00:f0f2:4987:8952:ea50:8bff:fe81:fe1d
3. (ipv6 Unique-Local-Unicast)
4. fd00:f0f2:4987:8952:89a3:ca62:27e7:3ae2
4. (ipv6 Unique-Local-Unicast)

- Now I factory reset my router, and it did not solve the issue.

- I then changed my WAN settings from automatic to manual and changed my DNS from my ISP to Googles Public DNS. After doing so, I noticed 'Interface C' no longer had profiles 3 & 4. Success right? No. No. NO. About 20 minutes later, I checked again, and profile 3 was back with the same ipv6 address; AND profile 4 was back, but with a different ipv6 address.

- I then repeat the steps, over and over, switching from ISP to google, back and forth. I even tried to use OpenDNS, but profiles 3 & 4 havent dissapeared since.

- I only had profiles 1 & 2 under 'Interface C' for a matter of 20 or less minutes.

What in the.....???

Lol please I need feedback.
 

smvim

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My advice is to do a reset on your wireless router, and configure it so it's a) secure and b) without all the customizations you made to it previously (at least wait until you've read up on basic networking fundamentals).
The loopback address is a necessary default, it's the internal IP address all computerized devices have. 127.0.0.1 will be on your computer, your phone, my computer, my phone, etc., etc. It's a 'non-routable' address in that it cannot even be detected out in the Internet nor even your own home network, it's an isolated address your device uses for its own internal networking.
The p2p interface is probably some residual for some kind of peer-to-peer app or service -- typically a bittorrent app or some other file sharing service. A lot of video conferencing services are based on p2p too though. (Skype at one time was a p2p service, back before Microsoft bought it up and changed it to being server-based service.)
The only interface I'd focus on is C, but still it might help to read up on some basics, this might be a good place to start:
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/tutorials/ip-addresses-explained/
 
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Seems to be a glitch or something, it is coming from 'known networks' & 'keep wifi on during sleep'.
Fixed until my wifi turns off or until i leave my network. Then have to mess around with those 2 settings.
 
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