LKBEN11708: How to ping an ip address with ipv6 on Linux.
Symptom
You need to test your ipv6 network connection.
Cause
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Solution
On Linux you use ping for ipv4 and ping6 for ipv6. Here an example to check an ipv6 connection to an ipv6 server.
#ping your own client (link local)
ping6 localhost
#ping an ipv6 server
ping6 servername
#ping the same server with a FQDN
ping6 servername.domainname.com
Hope this help.
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Author: - Keskon GmbH & Co. KG
Wim Peeters is electronics engineer with an additional master in IT and over 30 years of experience, including time spent in support, development, consulting, training and database administration. Wim has worked with SQL Server since version 6.5. He has developed in C/C++, Java and C# on Windows and Linux. He writes knowledge base articles to solve IT problems and publishes them on the Lubby Knowledge Platform.
Latest update: 24/10/2024