How to set Hop Limit for IPv6
Issue
- How to set Hop Limit for IPv6
- Hop Limit for IPv6 has been adjusted to 128 but it's not reflecting:
# sysctl net.ipv6 | grep limit
net.ipv6.conf.all.hop_limit = 128
- TTL of ping is still 64:
# ping6 fc00::3
PING fc00::3(fc00::3) 56 data bytes
64 bytes from fc00::2 icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.038 ms
Environment
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux
- IPv6
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