Thank you very much for your kind response. > If there is some other LL IPv6 on your net it might > be worth testing that one as well I have only one IPv6 network.
> Actually, is that exactly what you are typing ( "ping6 fe80::1" ) ? ping6 -c 3 fe80::1 > If so, there's no interface specified, and it might be using the one other > than where your default route goes, so try > ping6 fe80::1%wm0 It still works pretty fine. > That suggests more a routing problem, > Can you show an actual ping6 command failing? I show you both ping6 and ping... lim@netbsd:~% ping6 -c 3 -n www.netbsd.org PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) 2405:9800:b550:2939:f234:69d6:e0bf:8ebf --> 2001:470:a085:999::80 --- www.netbsd.org ping6 statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss lim@netbsd:~% lim@netbsd:~% ping6 -c 3 -n 2001:470:a085:999::80 PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) 2405:9800:b550:2939:f234:69d6:e0bf:8ebf --> 2001:470:a085:999::80 --- 2001:470:a085:999::80 ping6 statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100.0% packet loss lim@netbsd:~% lim@netbsd:~% ping -c -3 -n www.netbsd.org PING www.netbsd.org (199.233.217.205): 56 data bytes 64 bytes from 199.233.217.205: icmp_seq=0 ttl=237 time=201.145478 ms 64 bytes from 199.233.217.205: icmp_seq=1 ttl=237 time=207.884080 ms 64 bytes from 199.233.217.205: icmp_seq=2 ttl=237 time=218.964536 ms ----www.netbsd.org PING Statistics---- 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 201.145478/209.331365/218.964536/8.997260 ms > And the IPv6 routing table, which you can get by > netstat -r -n -f inet6 > or > route -n show -inet6 # netstat -r -n -f inet6 Routing tables Internet6: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Mtu Interface ::/104 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 ::/96 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 default fe80::1 UGS - - 1500 wm0 ::1 lo0 UHl - - 33624 lo0 ::127.0.0.0/104 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 ::224.0.0.0/100 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 ::255.0.0.0/104 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 ::ffff:0.0.0.0/96 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 2001:db8::/32 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 2002::/24 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 2002:7f00::/24 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 2002:e000::/20 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 2002:ff00::/24 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 2405:9800:b550:2939::/64 link#1 UCS - - 1500 wm0 2405:9800:b550:2939:8638:35ff:fe48:5720 link#1 UHl - - - lo0 2405:9800:b550:2939:f234:69d6:e0bf:8ebf link#1 UHl - - - lo0 fe80::/10 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 fe80::%wm0/64 link#1 UC - - - wm0 fe80::a00:27ff:fe2b:3226 link#1 UHl - - - lo0 fe80::%wm1/64 link#2 UC - - - wm1 fe80::a00:27ff:fefd:a0e3 link#2 UHl - - - lo0 fe80::%lo0/64 fe80::1 U - - - lo0 fe80::1 lo0 UHl - - - lo0 ff01:1::/32 link#1 UC - - - wm0 ff01:2::/32 link#2 UC - - - wm1 ff01:3::/32 ::1 UC - - 33624 lo0 ff02::%wm0/32 link#1 UC - - - wm0 ff02::%wm1/32 link#2 UC - - - wm1 ff02::%lo0/32 ::1 UC - - 33624 lo0 fe80::1 8c:e1:17:c8:1b:fe UHL - - - wm0 2405:9800:b550:2939:a583:e134:5cda:5b24 84:38:35:48:57:20 UHL - - - wm0 > There is no need to use pastebin.com - just including the output from one of > those in e-mail should work. I always avoid long message. Long message does not interest people. :-p The message at the bottom usually gets hidden and left unread by people. > Oh, also include the output from ifconfig -a # ifconfig -a wm0: flags=0x8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 capabilities=2bf80<TSO4,IP4CSUM_Rx,IP4CSUM_Tx,TCP4CSUM_Rx> capabilities=2bf80<TCP4CSUM_Tx,UDP4CSUM_Rx,UDP4CSUM_Tx,TCP6CSUM_Tx> capabilities=2bf80<UDP6CSUM_Tx> enabled=0 ec_capabilities=7<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU> ec_enabled=0 address: 08:00:27:2b:32:26 media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT full-duplex) status: active inet 192.168.1.108/24 broadcast 192.168.1.255 flags 0x0 inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe2b:3226%wm0/64 flags 0x0 scopeid 0x1 inet6 2405:9800:b550:2939:f234:69d6:e0bf:8ebf/64 flags 0x0 inet6 2405:9800:b550:2939:8638:35ff:fe48:5720/128 flags 0x0 wm1: flags=0x8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 capabilities=2bf80<TSO4,IP4CSUM_Rx,IP4CSUM_Tx,TCP4CSUM_Rx> capabilities=2bf80<TCP4CSUM_Tx,UDP4CSUM_Rx,UDP4CSUM_Tx,TCP6CSUM_Tx> capabilities=2bf80<UDP6CSUM_Tx> enabled=0 ec_capabilities=7<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU> ec_enabled=0 address: 08:00:27:fd:a0:e3 media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT full-duplex) status: active inet 192.168.56.56/24 broadcast 192.168.56.255 flags 0x0 inet 169.254.246.230/16 broadcast 169.254.255.255 flags 0x0 inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fefd:a0e3%wm1/64 flags 0x0 scopeid 0x2 lo0: flags=0x8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 33624 inet 127.0.0.1/8 flags 0x0 inet6 ::1/128 flags 0x20<NODAD> inet6 fe80::1%lo0/64 flags 0x0 scopeid 0x3 > If pinging the address fails (and you have the correct address) I simply copy and paste. > Last (after collecting the routing table, and ifconfig output while the > v6 address is not working correctly) wait until it "fixes itself" and do > those commands again (use the same method to get the v6 routing > table so it is possible to diff the two rationally...) and send that as well. My post will be too long, then. :-p The followings are information while it is working. % ping6 -c 3 -n www.netbsd.org PING6(56=40+8+8 bytes) 2405:9800:b550:2939:f234:69d6:e0bf:8ebf --> 2001:470:a085:999::80 16 bytes from 2001:470:a085:999::80, icmp_seq=0 hlim=51 time=322.542 ms 16 bytes from 2001:470:a085:999::80, icmp_seq=1 hlim=51 time=323.701 ms 16 bytes from 2001:470:a085:999::80, icmp_seq=2 hlim=51 time=359.085 ms --- www.netbsd.org ping6 statistics --- 3 packets transmitted, 3 packets received, 0.0% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max/std-dev = 322.542/335.109/359.085/20.772 ms # netstat -r -n -f inet6 Routing tables Internet6: Destination Gateway Flags Refs Use Mtu Interface ::/104 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 ::/96 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 default fe80::1 UGS - - 1500 wm0 ::1 lo0 UHl - - 33624 lo0 ::127.0.0.0/104 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 ::224.0.0.0/100 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 ::255.0.0.0/104 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 ::ffff:0.0.0.0/96 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 2001:db8::/32 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 2002::/24 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 2002:7f00::/24 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 2002:e000::/20 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 2002:ff00::/24 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 2405:9800:b550:2939::/64 link#1 UCS - - 1990 wm0 2405:9800:b550:2939:f234:69d6:e0bf:8ebf link#1 UHl - - - lo0 fe80::/10 ::1 UGRS - - 33624 lo0 fe80::%wm0/64 link#1 UC - - - wm0 fe80::a00:27ff:fe2b:3226 link#1 UHl - - - lo0 fe80::%wm1/64 link#2 UC - - - wm1 fe80::a00:27ff:fefd:a0e3 link#2 UHl - - - lo0 fe80::%lo0/64 fe80::1 U - - - lo0 fe80::1 lo0 UHl - - - lo0 ff01:1::/32 link#1 UC - - - wm0 ff01:2::/32 link#2 UC - - - wm1 ff01:3::/32 ::1 UC - - 33624 lo0 ff02::%wm0/32 link#1 UC - - - wm0 ff02::%wm1/32 link#2 UC - - - wm1 ff02::%lo0/32 ::1 UC - - 33624 lo0 fe80::1 8c:e1:17:c8:1b:fe UHL - - - wm0 # ifconfig -a wm0: flags=0x8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 capabilities=2bf80<TSO4,IP4CSUM_Rx,IP4CSUM_Tx,TCP4CSUM_Rx> capabilities=2bf80<TCP4CSUM_Tx,UDP4CSUM_Rx,UDP4CSUM_Tx,TCP6CSUM_Tx> capabilities=2bf80<UDP6CSUM_Tx> enabled=0 ec_capabilities=7<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU> ec_enabled=0 address: 08:00:27:2b:32:26 media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT full-duplex) status: active inet 192.168.1.108/24 broadcast 192.168.1.255 flags 0x0 inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe2b:3226%wm0/64 flags 0x0 scopeid 0x1 inet6 2405:9800:b550:2939:f234:69d6:e0bf:8ebf/64 flags 0x0 wm1: flags=0x8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 capabilities=2bf80<TSO4,IP4CSUM_Rx,IP4CSUM_Tx,TCP4CSUM_Rx> capabilities=2bf80<TCP4CSUM_Tx,UDP4CSUM_Rx,UDP4CSUM_Tx,TCP6CSUM_Tx> capabilities=2bf80<UDP6CSUM_Tx> enabled=0 ec_capabilities=7<VLAN_MTU,VLAN_HWTAGGING,JUMBO_MTU> ec_enabled=0 address: 08:00:27:fd:a0:e3 media: Ethernet autoselect (1000baseT full-duplex) status: active inet 192.168.56.56/24 broadcast 192.168.56.255 flags 0x0 inet 169.254.246.230/16 broadcast 169.254.255.255 flags 0x0 inet6 fe80::a00:27ff:fefd:a0e3%wm1/64 flags 0x0 scopeid 0x2 lo0: flags=0x8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 33624 inet 127.0.0.1/8 flags 0x0 inet6 ::1/128 flags 0x20<NODAD> inet6 fe80::1%lo0/64 flags 0x0 scopeid 0x3 npflog0: flags=0x1<UP> Thank you, -- Gua Chung Lim "UNIX is basically a simple operating system, but you have to be a genius to understand the simplicity." -- Dennis M. 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