--On Thursday, February 13, 2003 11:15:57 AM +0000 santosh kumar
gowda <ipv6_san@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Dr.Peter,
>
> I'm able to ping (using ping6) from both the machines.
>
> But, when i perform telnet, in machine-1 with Linux version
> 2.4.18-3smp gcc version 2.96, Red Hat Linux 7.3, i get
>
># telnet fe80::2b0:d0ff:fed2:65ff
> Trying fe80::2b0:d0ff:fed2:65ff
> telnet: connect to address fe80::2b0:d0ff:fed2:65ff: Invalid
> argument
>
> And the machine-2 with Linux version 2.4.18-14 (gcc version 3.2
> 20020903 (Red Hat Linux 8.0 3.2-7), i get
>
># telnet fe80::250:daff:fed2:d90e
> fe80::250:daff:fed2:d90e: Unknown host
>
> In case, if i need to upgrade telnet, ftp, etc, suggest me where i
> can find them. Any docs for the same. looking forward for ur help
Grmmml, read FAQ in HowTo: do not use link-local addresses for normal
purposes, they won't work because of the scoping issue. Configure and
use site-local instead.
Peter
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Deep Space 6 Co-Founder and Core Member http://www.deepspace6.net/
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