Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:43:25 -0500 From: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> To: Ivan Voras <ivoras@freebsd.org> Cc: freebsd-net@freebsd.org Subject: Re: IPv6 routing help? Message-ID: <494AC3FD.8040402@ibctech.ca> In-Reply-To: <giedif$bd0$1@ger.gmane.org> References: <giedif$bd0$1@ger.gmane.org>
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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 ...but when communicating to a global unique, you do not: #ping6 2607:f118::b6 PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) 2607:f118::b6 --> 2607:f118::b6 16 bytes from 2607:f118::b6, icmp_seq=0 hlim=64 time=0.234 ms ^C Steve
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