gistfile1.txt

>>> for x in socket.getaddrinfo("rei.local", None, socket.AF_INET6):
...     print(x)
...
(10, 1, 6, '', ('fe80::152:821e:3b05:9293', 0, 0, 0))
(10, 2, 17, '', ('fe80::152:821e:3b05:9293', 0, 0, 0))
(10, 3, 0, '', ('fe80::152:821e:3b05:9293', 0, 0, 0))
>>> for x in socket.getaddrinfo("rei.local", None, socket.AF_UNSPEC):
...     print(x)
...
(10, 1, 6, '', ('fe80::152:821e:3b05:9293%eth0', 0, 0, 2))
(10, 2, 17, '', ('fe80::152:821e:3b05:9293%eth0', 0, 0, 2))
(10, 3, 0, '', ('fe80::152:821e:3b05:9293%eth0', 0, 0, 2))
(2, 1, 6, '', ('192.168.1.2', 0))
(2, 2, 17, '', ('192.168.1.2', 0))
(2, 3, 0, '', ('192.168.1.2', 0))
>>>

root@asuka:/home/HOME/oshepherd/nss-mdns# telnet -6 rei.local
Trying fe80::152:821e:3b05:9293...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Invalid argument
root@asuka:/home/HOME/oshepherd/nss-mdns# telnet rei.local
Trying fe80::152:821e:3b05:9293%eth0...