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
>> 
>
>
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