IPv6 multicast routes with interface local scope

[Rainer Bredehorn]

Hi!

The output of netstat is fixed but what about the route command?
I would like to add or delete a route like "ff01::%fxp1/32" manually.
The route command complains: "hostname nor servname provided, or not known"
when I use the "%interface" notation.

Rainer.

> Bredehorn> FreeBSD 8 uses a strange notation for multicast routes with interface local scope something like:
> Bredehorn> ff01:3::/32
> Bredehorn> Here '3' is the scope id of the interface.
> 
> Bredehorn> OpenBSD uses the same notation as proposed in RFC 4007 for link local scompe multicast addresses:
> Bredehorn> ff01::%fxp1:/32
> 
> Bredehorn> Why does FreeBSD use a different notation?
> 
> This issue was fixed in 8-STABLE:
> 
> http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/cvsweb.cgi/src/usr.bin/netstat/route.c#rev1.94.2.3
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
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