Problems An IPv6 scoped address does not provide sufficient information on a scope boundary. "ping fe80::1" would confuse the ping program if you have 2 links ?? ?? <--- +--------------+ ---> --------|"ping fe80::1"|------- linkA +--------------+ linkB an identifier of the link should be provided to the program same kind of problems arise in site-local addresses It's hard to reuse scoped addresses using "cut and pase". e.g: lookup a routing table and telnet to a gateway a link-local gateway can't be "cut and pasted" without a link ID