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Subject: Re: IPv6 link-local addr && %interfacename
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To: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de>, FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>
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At Fri, 7 Nov 2014 13:33:43 +0100,
Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> wrote:

> My question is: What does the %em0 mean in the IPv6 addr and why it is
> not working without it?
[...]
> I consulted the handbook and the RFC:
>
> https://www.freebsd.org/doc/handbook/network-ipv6.html
> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc3513.txt
>
> Both do not give any explanation re/ the %interface value.

See this: http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc4007.txt

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JINMEI, Tatuya