It doesn't work if I ignore it. ip(2) doesn't mention '%' Regards,
brucee On 1 April 2017 at 20:46, Ori Bernstein <o...@eigenstate.org> wrote: > On Sat, Apr 01, 2017 at 08:36:55PM +1100, Bruce Ellis wrote: > > Does anyone know what IPV6 addresses like fec0:0:0:ffff%1 mean and how to > > make a real (plan9) IPV6 address from them. > > > > Regards. > > > > brucee > > The portion before the '%' is a plain old (link local) ipv6 address. The > part after the '%' is a zone id. It's safe to ignore. > > Because link local addresses share prefixes, they may need to be told > what interface to come out of. They can be ignored safely enough, or if > you want you use an arbitrary string like 'fe80::%/net.alt' as the zone. > > >
