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What is the difference between command ‘ping’ and ‘ping6′?

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Question added by mahmoud elnahhas , Assistant Manager , National Bank of Kuwait (NBK Egypt)
Date Posted: 2014/05/21
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Akash Dubey
by Akash Dubey , Senior Technical Lead , Fulcrum Software Worldwide Pvt. Ltd.

ping  is for IPV4 implmentation  where as ping6 is for ipv6 implementation

 

example ping6 fe80::a00:27ff:fe77:9e77%eth2

 

above will ping an ipv6 via eth2

Muhammad Anzar
by Muhammad Anzar , DevOps/DevSecOps Architect , Confidential

ping will use for ipv4 address

ping6 will user for ipv6 address

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