Question about ICMP6 versus ICMPv6

[Jan H. van Gils]

    Hi,

Thanks for reading.

I am trying to connect to the 6bone with a Linux distribution.
I have the following problem.

I compiled the inet6-apps-0.36 and the net-tools-1.54 now I have the
following problem.

- ping -a inet6 <host>
    ping: icmp6: unknown protocol
    ping: <host> no IP version 4 or 6 addresses available.

Here is my rc.inet6 script :

---- begin script ----
#!/bin/bash
#

exec >/dev/console
exec </dev/console
exec 2>/dev/console
PATH=/usr/inet6/bin:/usr/inet6/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/local/etc:/usr/bin:/
bin:
/etc; export PATH

# Load IPv6 module
modprobe ipv6

# Your IPv6 prefix
# Full Prefix 3FFE:2500:0304::/48
PREFIX=3FFE:2500:0304
# The host-part of the IPv6 address for this machine
ADDRESS=1
# The IPv4 address of the far side of your tunnel
TUNNEL=212.136.33.34

echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/autoconf
echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/accept_ra
echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/accept_redirects
echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/forwarding
echo 0 > /proc/sys/net/ipv6/conf/all/router_solicitations

/sbin/ifconfig eth0 add $PREFIX::$ADDRESS/64
/sbin/route -A inet6 add $PREFIX::0/64 dev eth0

/sbin/ifconfig sit0 up tunnel ::$TUNNEL
/sbin/ifconfig sit1 up
/sbin/route -A inet6 add 3ffe::0/15 gw fe80::$TUNNEL dev sit1

/usr/inet6/sbin/radvd &

---- end script ----

man icmp6
No manual entry for icmp6

man icmpv6
That works ok.

So I am wondering what should the icmp version be : icmp6 or icmpv6 ?

Is this a "bug" and is there patch our am I using the wrong combination of
inet6-apps
and net-tools.

Any help would be welcome

Jan


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With regards Jan H. van Gils
Breda, Netherlands
Internet e-mail address janvg@knoware.nl
Internet web-page http://www.knoware.nl/users/janvg/