[PLUG] interface and IPv6

[Joe Pruett]

yes, link local is just that, local to that link.  so unless you tell it 
which interface, it has no idea which one to try.

On 2011-05-11 15:41, Russell Senior wrote:
>>>>>> "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! :-)
>
>