IPv6 link-local address format

Question

I am working on a project related to networking/compression. One of the machines is Windows Vista, which already has IPv6 configured.

When I try ipconfig

Answer 1

you cannot ping ipv6 addresses with the classic ping utility, only ipv4 addresses. linux has a commandline tool called ping6 to ping ipv6 addresses, windows probably has something similar. a little research told me that windows uses ping -6 for pinging ipv6 addresses.