DevgruSeal Posted March 31, 2010 Share Posted March 31, 2010 I'm learning up on IPv6, and I noticed at the end of a link-local IPv6 address, a "%11" is appended to the end of it. What does this mean? The IPv6 address was configured to be fe80::beef with a 112 bit prefix. Here's an example: fe80::beef%11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Decryptor Veteran Posted March 31, 2010 Veteran Share Posted March 31, 2010 It's the scope ID, used for resolving the address (according to the IEBlog) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted March 31, 2010 MVC Share Posted March 31, 2010 (edited) Not really needed for playing around with stuff local -- ie you can ping without it, etc. etc. but yup its the scope id. Take a look here under address scope http://www.juniper.net/techpubs/software/erx/erx50x/swconfig-routing-vol1/html/ipv6-config5.html Or just read the RFC ;) http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4007 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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