On 2005-08-15T20:51:05+0200, Emanuel Strobl wrote:
> Dear inet6 guys,
>
> I don't know the kind of addresses FreeBSD uses for autoconfigured
> link-local addresses.
> For example: fe80::20e:cff:fe34:2bf8%em0
>
> What the hack is %em0 ??? Interestingly I can use this address, but ping6
> fe80::20e:cff:fe34:2bf8 doesn't work....
> The Handbook doesn't clarify this mysterious address. Is it FreeBSD
> specific?
Check out....
http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/developers-handbook/ipv6.html
``Some of the userland tools support extended numeric IPv6 syntax, as
documented in draft-ietf-ipngwg-scopedaddr-format-00.txt. You can
specify outgoing link, by using name of the outgoing interface like
"fe80::1%ne0". This way you will be able to specify link-local scoped
address without much trouble.''
--
Mike Oliver
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