Date: Sat, 11 Jan 2014 18:00:57 +0100 (CET) From: sthaug@nethelp.no To: mp39590@gmail.com Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Merge ping+ping6 and traceroue+traceroute6 to single utilities? Message-ID: <20140111.180057.78714603.sthaug@nethelp.no> In-Reply-To: <20140111164047.GA97150@edge.bac.lab> References: <1063008459.20140111160525@serebryakov.spb.ru> <20140111164047.GA97150@edge.bac.lab>
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> >>From an operator's point of view: unlike ordinary network applications like > remote login tools, we are usually aware of address family when using network > management tools. We do not just want to know the reachability to the host, > but want to know the reachability to the host via a particular network protocol > such as IPv6. Thus, even if we had a unified ping(8) command for both IPv4 and > IPv6, we would usually type a -6 or -4 option (or something like those) to > specify the particular address family. This essentially means that we have two > different commands. Disagree. As I showed in my previous message, *only* in the case of a name with both A and AAAA records is this necessary. I use unified ping and traceroute on JunOS daily. It's a blessing not to have to specify the address family. Steinar Haug, Nethelp consulting, sthaug@nethelp.no
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