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.
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