On Wed, Dec 28, 2011 at 06:06:15PM +0000, Bruce Robson wrote: > When I use -I with the numeric IP address it is supposed to succeed but fails > ping6 -I fe80::218:4dff:feb1:f498 fe80::218:4dff:feb1:f498 > ping: bind icmp socket: Invalid argument
The docs are a bit unclear. You still need to provide the interface, even when you provide the source address. Do so by appending %<ifname> to your local address, e.g. ping6 -I fe80::218:4dff:feb1:f498%wlan0 fe80::218:4dff:feb1:f498 I'll take this bug as a request to update the docs. noah
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