Re: ipv6 link local default route

Reply: Ede Wolf : "Re: ipv6 link local default route"
In reply to: Ede Wolf : "ipv6 link local default route"
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From: Paul Mather <paul_at_gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2022 14:25:35 UTC

On Nov 8, 2022, at 5:01 AM, Ede Wolf <listac@nebelschwaden.de> wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> Probably I am misreading the route man page, but I would like to give my box a link local address as the default gateway and for that of course I need to specify the interface (the link).

In FreeBSD, you specify the link for link-local IPv6 addresses by appending the interface name to the end of the address, separated by a "%", e.g., "fe80::1%lo0".

Cheers,

Paul.