To verify TCP IPv6 protocols, you can ping the loopback address, which is ::1
. This address is used to test the local network stack of the device itself. Additionally, you can ping a well-known IPv6 address, such as 2001:4860:4860::8888
, which is a Google Public DNS server, to check connectivity over IPv6.
1::1
IP is properly installed on the host.
ping
TCP/IP can be verified as installed and operating by using the 'ping' command against the localhost address: ping 127.0.0.1 or ping localhost
A utility used to verify wether a particular internet address exist and can be accesed
C: Attempt to ping the loopback address.
Attempt to ping the loopback address
ping uses the ICMP protocol.
Ping the default gateway IP address to know if it is reachable
PING
Ping and/or traceroute
ping