FreeBSD Link local communication issue

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hrsahu

Hi,

I need one more help on link local address communication. I am not able to ping the link local address of the FreeBSD machine.

Laptop (Windows XP IPv6 enabled) <-----------------> < rl0 interface > FreeBSD Router

Sending an ICMPv6 request from the laptop to the FreeBSD link local (fe80::21f:d0ff:fe40:8bbd) address
Code: 
[cmd=>]ping6 fe80::21f:d0ff:fe40:8bbd%5[/cmd]

Pinging fe80::21f:d0ff:fe40:8bbd%5 from fe80::224:7eff:fee0:6b51%5 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Reply from fe80::224:7eff:fee0:6b51%5: Destination address unreachable.
Reply from fe80::224:7eff:fee0:6b51%5: Destination address unreachable.

Ping statistics for fe80::21f:d0ff:fe40:8bbd%5:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss),

My existing rc.conf
Code: 
ipv6_gateway_enable="YES"
rtadvd_enable="YES"
rtadvd_interfaces="rl0 re0"

I have a rtadvd.conf file.

Regards
 
What does ifconfig rl0 inet6 show? Does it show IFDISABLED? If so you have to mark the interface as IPv6 capable, easiest is to just put this in /etc/rc.conf:

Code: 
ipv6_activate_all_interfaces="YES"

You can enable the interface without rebooting or restarting any services by doing:

ifconfig rl0 inet6 -ifdisabled
 
When pinging the link local address do not add the %5. It's not part of the address but is used to indicate from what interface.
 
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