Not able to ping 2001:4860:4860::8844 after setting ipv6 address to /etc/networking/interfaces

Posted on August 20, 2017

I follwed the article to enable ipv6 address to my digital ocean machine. The link of the article is below: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-enable-ipv6-for-digitalocean-droplets

But still I can’t ping 2001:4860:4860::8844. $ ping6 2001:4860:4860::8844 PING 2001:4860:4860::8844(2001:4860:4860::8844) 56 data bytes From 2604:a880:2:d0::4d65:d001 icmp_seq=1 Destination unreachable: Address unreachable From 2604:a880:2:d0::4d65:d001 icmp_seq=2 Destination unreachable: Address unreachable From 2604:a880:2:d0::4d65:d001 icmp_seq=3 Destination unreachable: Address unreachable ^C — 2001:4860:4860::8844 ping statistics — 6 packets transmitted, 0 received, +3 errors, 100% packet loss, time 4999ms

What am I doing wrong. Please suggest.

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