IPv6 ping problem

[xmacan]

I have host with IPv6 address (not DNS name) like 2a02:xxxx:xxx:1::face. With Cacti issue #3141 I can ping ipv6 address in gui. Spine has problem with ipv6 address:

spine -R -H 669 -V 10
2019/12/12 09:56:26 - SPINE: Poller[1] Device[669] DEBUG: Entering ICMP Ping
2019/12/12 09:56:26 - SPINE: Poller[1] Device[669] PING Result: ICMP: Destination hostname invalid

Spine 1.2.5, FreeBSD 11.x

• compiler: clang
• autoconf: autoconf 2.69_3
• glibc: 2.56
• source: release

[cigamit]

Spine has not implemented this yet. It's been bugging me for some time.

[TheWitness]

Okay, I've added a check to bypass ping if the host is IPv4, and if it's Ping only, issue a WARNING to the Cacti log file. I'll leave the IPv6 issue open right now just in case I stay bored and decide to fix it.

[xmacan]

I have IPv6 only customers yet and there will be more of them. Sometimes I need test ipv6 availability. I know that I can use Script/command but IPv6 is comming. It would be great implement IPv6 Ping.

[netniV]

This may or may not work under the latest round of changes. Check the 1.2.19 version that's current in development on 1.2.x branch.