JDK-7145658 : Cannot send datagram packets to ff01 IPv6 addresses on Mac OS X
  • Type: Bug
  • Component: core-libs
  • Sub-Component: java.net
  • Affected Version: 7u4
  • Priority: P5
  • Status: Open
  • Resolution: Unresolved
  • OS: os_x
  • CPU: x86
  • Submitted: 2012-02-14
  • Updated: 2024-06-24
Related Reports
Relates :  
JDK-8015415 - IPv6 support broken
Relates :  
JDK-7144268 - [macosx] ProblemList.txt updates to exclude networking tests failing on Mac OS X
Relates :  
JDK-8171217 - java/net/MulticastSocket/Test.java failing consistently on Solaris
Description
Sending packets to IPv6 addresses starting with ff01 is failing with an IOException: "No route to host"
Comments
[~michaelm] checked macOS 10.15 and [~pconcannon] checked macOS 10.16. It seems the macOS bug still exists on those releases.
01-11-2021