RE: About IPv6 private address

[Remi Denis-Courmont <rdenis@simphalempin.com>]

On Mon, 4 Feb 2008 23:53:42 -0800, Christian Huitema

<huitema@windows.microsoft.com> wrote:

>> One complaint I have heard several time is, the notation is merely a de

>> facto standard extension of getaddrinfo et al. Also, as far as I know,

>> Windows does not implement it and for a reason:

>>

>> fe80::216:41ff:fee1:b7fd%"Network Adapter" would not be very convenient

>> and

>> fe80::216:41ff:fee1:b7fd%1 (if 1 is the scope ID is not very

>> meaningful).

> 

> Where did you get that notion?



The full Windows name of a network device, while it makes more sense to

normal people, is too long to fit after the percent sign.



I know what my Windows box "Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection", and,

because I am Linux-literate, I know what my Linux box "eth0" is. As it

happens, I don't know the corresponding numerical scope/interface

identifier of either of them.



fe80::216:41ff:fee1:b7fd%eth0 means something to me.

fe80::216:41ff:fee1:b7fd%"Ethernet adapter Local Area Connection" would

mean something to me, albeit it would obviously be too long for practical

purposes.



But fe80::216:41ff:fee1:b7fd%13 - hmm? sorry but I don't know which

interface 13 might be. It does not "talk" to me.



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