Hi Takeo, You can do one of the following on linux you can do
ping6 -I <interface_name> destn (or) ping6 destn%<interface_name> For Example: ping6 -i eth0 fe80::xxxx (or) ping6 fe80::xxxx%eth0 assuming the interface you are using is eth0. Cheers Suresh On Tue, 3 Aug 2004, Takeo Shibata wrote: >Hi Christina > >Thank you for your great advise. >It works! > >BTW, I just configured the IPv6 on my Linux PC. >It shows fe80::xxxxx/64 >So it says that scope is /64 instead of >%1, or %2 ... > >And from Linux, I successfullty ping6 to Win2003 and >WinXP. >This may sound basic, but could you tell me how to ping6 to >the local-link ipv6 with scope representation /64? >(Other word, how can I translate /64 to % format?) > >Thank you. > >Tak > >----- Original Message ----- >From: Christian Huitema <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Tuesday, August 3, 2004 4:45 pm >Subject: RE: Ping6 Problem with link local address > >> You need to specify the scope identifier in addition to the link >> local address. The "ipconfig" command will document addresses in >> the format: >> >> IP Address. . . . . . . . . . . . : fe80::204:23ff:fe4a:f8c7%7 >> >> The indicator "%7" is the scope identifier of your link (your >> system may use a different value). You should then use this in the >> ping command, as in: >> >> ping fe80::xxxxx%7 >> >> -- Christian Huitema >> >> > -----Original Message----- >> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On >> Behalf Of >> > Takeo Shibata >> > Sent: Tuesday, August 03, 2004 4:17 PM >> > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------- >IETF IPv6 working group mailing list >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 >-------------------------------------------------------------------- > -------------------------------------------------------------------- IETF IPv6 working group mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Administrative Requests: https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ipv6 --------------------------------------------------------------------
