(usagi-users 01963) Re: problem about ping6

["David Stevens" <dlstevens@xxxxxxxxxx>]

>>
>> The version of ping6 I have requires an interface address, not an
>> interface name, for the "-I" argument.
>
>Really? Are there different "ping6" floating around?

      Yes, I've seen the other one too (which is why I said "the version I
have"); unfortunately, I don't know where this one came from; I've put lots
of packages on it by hand over time, and the program itself has no
"version" option, or identifying information in the binary.

                                          +-DLS
Script started on Wed Nov 13 11:52:55 2002
w-dls 1 % ping6
Usage: ping6 [-LRUdfnqrvV] [-c count] [-i interval] [-w wait]
      [-p pattern] [-s packetsize] [-t ttl] [-I interface address]
      [-T timestamp option] [-F flow label] [-P traffic class] host
w-dls 2 % ping6 -I 2002::1 fe80::202:55ff:****:****
PING fe80::202:55ff:****:****(fe80::202:55ff:****:****) from 2002::1 : 56 data bytes
64 bytes from fe80::202:55ff:****:****: icmp_seq=0 hops=64 time=62 usec
64 bytes from fe80::202:55ff:****:****: icmp_seq=1 hops=64 time=49 usec
64 bytes from fe80::202:55ff:****:****: icmp_seq=2 hops=64 time=51 usec
64 bytes from fe80::202:55ff:****:****: icmp_seq=3 hops=64 time=51 usec

--- fe80::202:55ff:****:**** ping statistics ---
4 packets transmitted, 4 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 0.049/0.053/0.062/0.007 ms
w-dls 3 % exi
Script done on Wed Nov 13 11:54:33 2002