LWIP::get_ip_addr: Prefer IPv4 over IPv6 link local addresses #161
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Summary of changes
When IPv6 is prefered it will choose a link local address on a network that lacks IPv6 over a working IPv4 network, breaking networking. Change this behaviour to prefer a link local address only as a last resort.
This also changes LWIP::get_ipv6_addr to not return link local addresses. Use get_ipv6_link_local_addr instead for this.
Impact of changes
This fixes preferring IPv6 on IPv4-only networks.
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This might break the API for applications that rely on link local addresses coming from get_ipv6_addr
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**This is a duplicate of ARMmbed#15423 **