On Tue, 2006-07-25 at 17:47 +0530, Dhiren Chandvania wrote: > Hi Vlad, > Thanks a lot. Can you please let me know which version of kernel has > this fix? Am using 2.6.9-22.EL #1 SMP.
Ahhh. RHEL 4 ;) Try any Fedora kernel. Not sure the exact version it was fixed in, but anything 2.6.15+ should have the fix. -vlad > > Regards > Dhiren > -----Original Message----- > From: Vlad Yasevich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2006 1:28 AM > To: Dhiren Chandvania > Cc: users@ipv6.org > Subject: Re: Connecting to remote IPv6 addresses from Linux > machinerequires local scope id > > On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 18:36 +0530, Dhiren Chandvania wrote: > > > Issues that I have: > > > > > > > > I] > > > > All outbound traffic from a Linux machine needs scope id. Why? > > Because linux does not implement the concept of "default interface". If > you only have link-local addresses (the ones that start with fe80:) then > you always have to specify a scope id. If you configure addresses with > larger scope, you will _not_ need to always use scope id. > > > [II] > > > > Linux-Linux communication on IPv6 does not work even on specifying the > > scope > > > > id. This is messy and shouldn't it work ? Please provide your > > comments. > > This is an old bug and has been fixed. You need to update your kernel. > The problem is with source address selection picking loopback interface, > and then the scope id ends up mismatched. > > -vlad > --------------------------------------------------------------------- The IPv6 Users Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe users" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
