As far as I can see, you should type the interface address directly
after the -I, so -Ieth0 and not -I eth0.
On 8/23/07, Ferenc Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Christopher Bodenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 05:10:56PM +0200, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> >
> > When pinging local-link addresses, you should specify the interface
> > with -I
>
> Ahem, that works, thanks. It's even written clearly in the manual.
> Too bad that I tried using the interface address instead of the
> interface name:
>
> # ping6 -I fe80::214:22ff:fe13:e171 fe80::214:22ff:fe13:ed7a
> ping: bind icmp socket: Invalid argument
>
> where strace reveals
>
> socket(PF_INET6, SOCK_RAW, IPPROTO_ICMPV6) = 3
> bind(3, {sa_family=AF_INET6, sin6_port=htons(0), inet_pton(AF_INET6,
> "fe80::214:22ff:fe13:e171", &sin6_addr), sin6_flowinfo=0, sin6_scope_id=0},
> 28) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument)
>
> Am I using an overly old version of ping6?
> # ping6 -V
> ping6 utility, iputils-ss020927
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> Thanks,
> Feri.
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