Per Jessen wrote:
Carlos E. R. wrote:
On Wednesday, 2011-01-05 at 12:24 +0100, Per Jessen wrote:
But if I write in firefox:
http://FE80::21E:BFF:FE08:4CCB
I'm refered to a google page instead of my printer. So, linux is not IPv6 aware >:-)
Try this instead:
Same thing :-(
cer@Telcontar:~> ping6 "FE80::21E:BFF:FE08:4CCB" connect: Invalid argument cer@Telcontar:~> ping6 "FE80\:\:21E\:BFF\:FE08\:4CCB" unknown host
Yes, the link-local address can't be used like that - TBH, I don't know why. For ping6, you need to specify the interface:
ping6 -I ethX FE80::21E:BFF:FE08:4CCB
And that shall be _better_ than plain ol' ping? To all the IPv6 proponents here: Don't tell users what one *can* technically do. We've read it a thousand times, it's getting annoying. Tell users what the advantage of switching to IPv6 is *now* for home or SOHO scenarios. What does one get by using a tunnel, besides experience? And while getting experience might be of interest for network engineers or people who admin networks at large institutions, it doesn't mean a lot for the majority of openSUSE users. They didn't need experience for IPv4 -- why should they need experience with IPv6 at once? If they really would need it, it would be proof that IPv6 is really much worse than IPv6. So ``getting experience'' is not a valid reason to switch now. Oh, and please don't tell ``all will be good and everything works'', that ain't the case. If you do so, you're a fanboy, and don't act professional. Tell about the problems that one enounters during switching and how they can be solved. Yes, we'll have to go to IPv6 eventually, but the user experience now is just crap. http://arstechnica.com/business/news/2010/09/there-is-no-plan-b-why-the-ipv4... has a nice and adequate representation. The transition once was planned to go via dual-stack for several years; but this plan has gone down the drain, obviously. Joachim PS: FTR, I know a lot about IPv6, but then that's part of my job -- my company does network consulting. But I don't think that's necessary for home and SOHO users, or even for sysadmins in larger companies that don't have to manage networks. And no, I can't see any reason at all why people like Carlos should switch before their ISP offers them full IPv6 connectivity. I surely won't do in my home network. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Joachim Schrod Email: jschrod@acm.org Roedermark, Germany -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org