Maybe I'm missing some important pieces, but is there someone who can get this to work ?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ik5pvx # ping6 fe80::250:4ff:fe38:a630 connect: Invalid argument the address is the site-wide one automatically assigned to the eth0 of another computer on the lan. here's a strace of the command above: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ik5pvx # strace ping6 fe80::250:4ff:fe38:a630 execve("/bin/ping6", ["ping6", "fe80::250:4ff:fe38:a630"], [/* 39 vars */]) = 0 uname({sys="Linux", node="penny", ...}) = 0 brk(0) = 0x806da98 old_mmap(NULL, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40017000 open("/etc/ld.so.preload", O_RDONLY) = -1 ENOENT (No such file or directory) open("/etc/ld.so.cache", O_RDONLY) = 3 fstat64(0x3, 0xbfffebfc) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 57790, PROT_READ, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40018000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/i686/libresolv.so.2", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0\340(\0"..., 1024) = 1024 fstat64(0x3, 0xbfffec44) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 70628, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40027000 mprotect(0x40035000, 13284, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x40035000, 4096, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0xd000) = 0x40035000 old_mmap(0x40036000, 9188, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40036000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/i686/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0l\313\1"..., 1024) = 1024 fstat64(0x3, 0xbfffec34) = 0 old_mmap(NULL, 1179140, PROT_READ|PROT_EXEC, MAP_PRIVATE, 3, 0) = 0x40039000 mprotect(0x4014e000, 44548, PROT_NONE) = 0 old_mmap(0x4014e000, 28672, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED, 3, 0x114000) = 0x4014e000 old_mmap(0x40155000, 15876, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE|MAP_FIXED|MAP_ANONYMOUS, -1, 0) = 0x40155000 close(3) = 0 open("/lib/i686/libc.so.6", O_RDONLY) = 3 read(3, "\177ELF\1\1\1\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\3\0\3\0\1\0\0\0l\313\1"..., 1024) = 1024 fstat64(0x3, 0xbfffebc4) = 0 close(3) = 0 munmap(0x40018000, 57790) = 0 getpid() = 10950 socket(PF_INET6, SOCK_RAW, 58) = 3 SYS_199(0x401542c4, 0, 0x40154f20, 0x40151630, 0x2) = 0 msgget(IPC_PRIVATE, 0) = 0 socket(PF_INET6, SOCK_DGRAM, 0) = 4 connect(4, {sin_family=AF_INET6, sin6_port=htons(1025), inet_pton(AF_INET6, "fe80::250:4ff:fe38:a630", &sin6_addr), sin6_flowinfo=htonl(0)}}, 24) = -1 EINVAL (Invalid argument) write(2, "connect: Invalid argument\n", 26connect: Invalid argument ) = 26 _exit(2) = ? [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/ik5pvx # -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pierfrancesco Caci | ik5pvx | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://gusp.dyndns.org Firenze - Italia | Office for the Complication of Otherwise Simple Affairs Linux penny 2.4.0 #1 Sat Jan 6 14:27:38 CET 2001 i686 unknown