Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 15:36:05 -0800 From: Sean McNeil <sean@mcneil.com> To: stable@freebsd.org Subject: multiple IPv6 addressing Message-ID: <1140651365.72057.10.camel@triton.mcneil.com>
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I seem to think that this behaved differently, but perhaps not. Is this appropriate behavior?... triton# host ferrari ferrari has address 10.1.0.50 ferrari has IPv6 address xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xx0e:xbxx:xxca:77cf ferrari has IPv6 address xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxc0:xfxx:xxa7:aea If I do a ping6 ferrari, it alternates between the 2 addresses. I thought it tried to figure out which was working. Seems that systems will often have multiple IPv6 addresses especially for something like a laptop with a wireless and wired connection. triton# ping6 ferrari PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx --> xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxc0:fxx:xxa7:aea triton# ping6 ferrari PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx --> xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xx0e:xbxx:xxca:77cf triton# ping6 ferrari PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx --> xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxxx:xxc0:fxx:xxa7:aea ...
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