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Subject:    (KAME-snap 3680) Re: Problem with my pseudo-iface and IPv6(FreeBSD)
From:       itojun () iijlab ! net
Date:       2000-11-29 11:06:30
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> Hello!
> I'm wrote pseudo-device (mainly like loopback). With IPv4 it's working
>well, but when I'm
>attemting send ICMP6 (ping6) packets through it , receiving next :
>ping6: sendmsg: Message too long
>ping6: wrote ::ffff:0:1 16 chars, ret=-1
> Anybody can tell me something about this?
>Source of the my  pseudo-interface is a source of loopback in part of
>IPv6(except interface
>flags), ping6 localhost works properly, I don't understand what's wrong
>in my code.

	::ffff:xxxx:xxxx is used for very specific purposes in IPv6
	specification.  you should not use it for other purposes.

itojun

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