Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 15:50:35 GMT From: Andy Smith <a.smith@ukgrid.net> To: freebsd-gnats-submit@FreeBSD.org Subject: docs/146521: Update IPv6 system handbook section to mention ping6 Message-ID: <201005121550.o4CFoZt5064670@www.freebsd.org> Resent-Message-ID: <201005121600.o4CG0E79093956@freefall.freebsd.org>
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>Number: 146521 >Category: docs >Synopsis: Update IPv6 system handbook section to mention ping6 >Confidential: no >Severity: non-critical >Priority: low >Responsible: freebsd-doc >State: open >Quarter: >Keywords: >Date-Required: >Class: update >Submitter-Id: current-users >Arrival-Date: Wed May 12 16:00:13 UTC 2010 >Closed-Date: >Last-Modified: >Originator: Andy Smith >Release: NA >Organization: >Environment: NA >Description: I believe it would be useful to make some mention of the fact ping6 is required to ping IPv6 IP addresses in the IPv6 section of the handbook: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/network-ipv6.html Also might be worth mentioning nslookup by default will not search for AAAA records (yep I know its deprecated but bet its still used more often than any other DNS lookup tool). Id say these are worth mentioning as other OSs donīt necessarily behave the same way and this can be confusing for those who have to manage multiple OSs. IE solaris doesnt have a ping6 command, but Linux does etc.... thanks Andy. >How-To-Repeat: >Fix: >Release-Note: >Audit-Trail: >Unformatted:help
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