Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 22:54:58 +0100 From: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> To: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPv6 routing help? Message-ID: <giegrv$mkf$1@ger.gmane.org> In-Reply-To: <494AC3FD.8040402@ibctech.ca> References: <giedif$bd0$1@ger.gmane.org> <494AC3FD.8040402@ibctech.ca>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Steve Bertrand wrote: > Ivan Voras wrote: > >> The last line correctly lists the link-local ipv6 address of the router. >> This looks ok, except attempts to actually use ping6 on this address fail: >> >> # ping6 fe80::250:8bff:feeb:8401 >> connect: Invalid argument > > Oh, and I've found in the past that FreeBSD requires you to add the > interface name with a % sign after the v6 address when trying to > communicate via link-local: > > #ping6 fe80::1%lo0 > > PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) fe80::1%lo0 --> fe80::1%lo0 > 16 bytes from fe80::1%lo0, icmp_seq=0 hlim=64 time=0.224 ms > 16 bytes from fe80::1%lo0, icmp_seq=1 hlim=64 time=0.131 ms > ^C Thanks, it looks like Linux wants it also. Pinging fe80::250:8bff:feeb:8401%eth0 works as expected. [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.9 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAklKxrgACgkQldnAQVacBchmOgCfUW44zynrXvZqIcF7zzUS5rmB BfsAoMEhjI3ADct0vJZ49hiG8hAerhhO =rvzq -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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