[PLUG] interface and IPv6

[Russell Senior]

>>>>> "Paul" == Paul Heinlein <heinlein at madboa.com> writes:

Paul> Just playing around with IPv6 at home and wondering why ssh -6
Paul> fe80::200:50ff:fe8a:103b

Paul> fails while

Paul>    ssh -6 fe80::200:50ff:fe8a:103b%eth0

Paul> succeeds.

Paul> Will I always need to specify an interface for link-local
Paul> addresses?

I think so.  Because the link local network is the same on every
interface (??), it otherwise doesn't know which interface should get
the packet.

Solution: use a global scope address instead! :-)


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