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Re: ping: bind icmp socket: Invalid argument



On Thu, Aug 23, 2007 at 05:10:56PM +0200, Ferenc Wagner wrote:
> Hi,
> 
Hello,

> I'm struggling with ping6.  On an IPv6 autoconfigured Etch machine:
> 
[snip]

> I can't ping my own link-local address.  Trying a neighbour:
> 

When pinging local-link addresses, you should specify the interface with
-I

cb@zen:~$ ping6 -Ieth0 fe80::20d:60ff:feb7:5c69
PING fe80::20d:60ff:feb7:5c69(fe80::20d:60ff:feb7:5c69) from
fe80::20d:60ff:feb7:5c69 eth0: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from fe80::20d:60ff:feb7:5c69: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.033 ms
64 bytes from fe80::20d:60ff:feb7:5c69: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.033 ms

--- fe80::20d:60ff:feb7:5c69 ping statistics ---
2 packets transmitted, 2 received, 0% packet loss, time 1002ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.033/0.033/0.033/0.000 ms

> -- 
> Thanks,
> Feri.
> 

Cheers,

Chris

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           CB8461-RIPE   -   Systems Administrator
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