How to use ping and tracert/traceroute command for IPv6 for Linux and windows
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Today we are going to see how to use ping and traceroute command for ipv6 in both Windows and Linux system
And How to find an ipv6 address of website
Commands
Linux
ping6 -I interface ipv6
or
ping6 ipv6%interface
Example
ping6 -I eth0 2404:6800:4007:805::2004
or
ping6 2404:6800:4007:805::2004%eth0
Here -I for the interface (eth0/wlan0….)
traceroute ipv6%interface
or
traceroute6 ipv6%interface
Example
traceroute 2404:6800:4007:805::2004%eth0
or
traceroute6 2404:6800:4007:805::2004%eth0
Find ipv6 address of a website
host -t AAAA www.domain.com
Example
host -t AAAA www.google.com
Finding neighbors ipv6 address of the same network
ip -6 neigh
Windows
ping -6 ipv6
Example
ping -6 2404:6800:4007:805::2004
or
ping -6 www.google.com
tracert -6 ipv6 or domain
Example
tracert -6 2404:6800:4007:805::2004
or
tracert -6 www.google.com
ipv6
