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35 .Nd config file for router advertisement daemon
37 This file describes how the router advertisement packets must be constructed
38 for each of the interfaces.
42 you do not have to set this configuration file up at all,
43 unless you need some special configurations.
44 You may even omit the file as a whole.
47 daemon will automatically configure itself using default values
48 specified in the specification.
53 Each line in the file describes a network interface.
54 Fields are separated by a colon
56 and each field contains one capability description.
57 Lines may be concatenated by the
60 The comment marker is the
64 Capabilities describe the value to be filled into ICMPv6 router
65 advertisement messages and to control
68 Therefore, you are encouraged to read IETF neighbor discovery documents
69 if you would like to modify the sample configuration file.
71 Note that almost all items have default values.
72 If you omit an item, the default value of the item will be used.
74 There are two items which control the interval of sending router advertisements.
75 These items can be omitted, then
77 will use the default values.
78 .Bl -tag -width indent
80 (num) The maximum time allowed between sending unsolicited
81 multicast router advertisements
83 The default value is 600.
84 Its value must be no less than 4 seconds
85 and no greater than 1800 seconds.
87 (num) The minimum time allowed between sending unsolicited multicast
90 The default value is the one third of value of
92 Its value must be no less than 3 seconds and no greater than .75 *
97 The following items are for ICMPv6 router advertisement message
99 These items can be omitted, then
101 will use the default values.
102 .Bl -tag -width indent
104 (num) The value for Cur Hop Limit field.
105 The default value is 64.
107 (str or num) A 8-bit flags field in router advertisement message header.
108 This field can be specified either as a case-sensitive string or as an
110 A string consists of characters each of which corresponds to a
111 particular flag bit(s).
112 An integer should be the logical OR of all enabled bits.
117 means Managed address configuration flag bit,
122 means Other stateful configuration flag bit.
131 are used to encode router preference.
136 means high, 00 means medium, and 11
141 Bits 10 is reserved, and must not be specified.
142 There is no character to specify the medium preference explicitly.
143 The default value of the entire flag is 0
147 which means no additional
148 configuration methods, and the medium router preference.
150 (num) Router lifetime field
152 The value must be either zero or between
158 runs on a host, this value must explicitly set 0 on all the
159 advertising interfaces as described in
161 The default value is 1800.
163 (num) Reachable time field
164 .Pq unit: milliseconds .
165 The default value is 0, which means unspecified by this router.
167 (num) Retrans Timer field
168 .Pq unit: milliseconds .
169 The default value is 0, which means unspecified by this router.
172 The following items are for ICMPv6 prefix information option,
173 which will be attached to router advertisement header.
174 These items can be omitted, then
176 will automatically get appropriate prefixes from the kernel's routing table,
177 and advertise the prefixes with the default parameters.
180 can be augmented with a number, like
182 to specify multiple prefixes.
183 .Bl -tag -width indent
185 (num) Time skew to adjust link propagation delays and clock skews
186 between routers on the link
188 This value is used in consistency check for locally-configured and
189 advertised prefix lifetimes, and has its meaning when the local router
190 configures a prefix on the link with a lifetime that decrements in
192 If the value is 0, it means the consistency check will be skipped
194 The default value is 0.
196 (num) Prefix length field.
197 The default value is 64.
199 (str or num) A 8-bit flags field in prefix information option.
200 This field can be specified either as a case-sensitive string or as an
202 A string consists of characters each of which corresponds to a
203 particular flag bit(s).
204 An integer should be the logical OR of all enabled bits.
209 means On-link flag bit,
214 means Autonomous address-configuration flag bit.
215 The default value is "la" or 0xc0, i.e., both bits are set.
217 (str) The address filled into Prefix field.
222 file format as well as IPv6 numeric address, the field MUST be quoted by
223 doublequote character.
225 (num) Valid lifetime field
227 The default value is 2592000 (30 days).
229 (bool) This item means the advertised valid lifetime will decrement
230 in real time, which is disabled by default.
232 (num) Preferred lifetime field
234 The default value is 604800 (7 days).
236 (bool) This item means the advertised preferred lifetime will decrement
237 in real time, which is disabled by default.
240 The following item is for ICMPv6 MTU option,
241 which will be attached to router advertisement header.
242 This item can be omitted, then
244 will use the default value.
245 .Bl -tag -width indent
247 (num or str) MTU (maximum transmission unit) field.
248 If 0 is specified, it means that the option will not be included.
249 The default value is 0.
250 If the special string
252 is specified for this item, MTU option will be included and its value
253 will be set to the interface MTU automatically.
256 The following item controls ICMPv6 source link-layer address option,
257 which will be attached to router advertisement header.
258 As noted above, you can just omit the item, then
260 will use the default value.
261 .Bl -tag -width indent
270 will try to get link-layer address for the interface from the kernel,
271 and attach that in source link-layer address option.
272 If this capability exists,
274 will not attach source link-layer address option to
275 router advertisement packets.
278 The following item controls ICMPv6 home agent information option,
279 which was defined with mobile IPv6 support.
280 It will be attached to router advertisement header just like other options do.
281 .Bl -tag -width indent
283 (num) Specifies home agent preference.
286 must be present as well.
288 (num) Specifies home agent lifetime.
291 When mobile IPv6 support is turned on for
293 advertisement interval option will be attached to router advertisement
294 packet, by configuring
298 The following items are for ICMPv6 route information option,
299 which will be attached to router advertisement header.
300 These items are optional.
301 Each items can be augmented with number, like
303 to specify multiple routes.
304 .Bl -tag -width indent
306 (str) The prefix filled into the Prefix field of route information option.
311 file format as well as IPv6 numeric address, the field MUST be quoted by
312 doublequote character.
314 (num) Prefix length field in route information option.
315 The default value is 64.
317 (str or num) A 8-bit flags field in route information option.
318 Currently only the preference values are defined.
319 The notation is same as that of the raflags field.
329 are used to encode the route preference for the route.
330 The default value is 0x00, i.e., medium preference.
332 (num) route lifetime field in route information option.
334 Since the specification does not define the default value of this
335 item, the value for this item should be specified by hand.
338 allows this item to be unspecified, and uses the router lifetime
339 as the default value in such a case, just for compatibility with an
340 old version of the program.
343 In the above list, each keyword beginning with
345 could be replaced with the one beginning with
347 for backward compatibility reason.
350 is accepted instead of
352 However, keywords that start with
354 have basically been obsoleted, and should not be used any more.
356 You can also refer one line from another by using
361 for details on the capability.
363 The following items are for the ICMPv6 recursive DNS server (RDNSS) option,
364 which will be attached to the router advertisement header.
365 .Bl -tag -width indent
367 (num) Number of recursive DNS server addresses.
368 Its default is 0, so it must explicitly be set to positive values
369 if you want to specify any DNS server address.
370 If its value is 0, no DNS server information is sent.
371 If its value is more than 1, you must specify the index of the address
375 Indices vary from 0 to N-1, where N is the
378 Each index shall follow the name of
383 (str) The IPv6 address of the recursive DNS server.
388 file format as well as IPv6 numeric address, the field MUST be quoted by
389 doublequote character.
391 omitted if the value of
394 .It Cm \&rdnsslifetime
395 (num) The lifetime field in RDNSS option.
397 The default value is 2 * the value of
399 which is also the maximum value that should be set. The minimum value is
401 If you specify a value outside of this range, a message is logged.
404 The following items are for the ICMPv6 DNS search list (DNSSL) option,
405 which will be attached to the router advertisement header.
406 .Bl -tag -width indent
407 .It Cm \&dnssldomains
408 (num) Number of DNS search domains.
409 Its default is 0, so it must explicitly be set to positive values
410 if you want to specify any DNS search domains.
411 If its value is 0, no DNS search domain information is sent.
412 If its value is more than 1, you must specify the index of the search domain
416 Indices vary from 0 to N-1, where N is the
419 Each index shall follow the name of
424 (str) The DNS search domain.
426 omitted if the value of
429 .It Cm \&dnssllifetime
430 (num) The lifetime field in the DNSSL option.
432 The default value is 2 * the value of
434 which is also the maximum value that should be set. The minimum value is
436 If you specify a value outside of this range, a message is logged.
439 As presented above, all of the advertised parameters have default values
440 defined in specifications, and hence you usually do not have to set them
441 by hand, unless you need special non-default values.
442 It can cause interoperability problem if you use an ill-configured
445 To override a configuration parameter, you can specify the parameter alone.
446 With the following configuration,
448 overrides the router lifetime parameter for the
456 The following example manually configures prefixes advertised from the
459 The configuration must be used with the
465 :addr="3ffe:501:ffff:1000::":prefixlen#64:
468 The following example presents the default values in an explicit manner.
469 The configuration is provided just for reference purposes;
470 YOU DO NOT NEED TO HAVE IT AT ALL.
473 :chlim#64:raflags#0:rltime#1800:rtime#0:retrans#0:\\
474 :pinfoflags="la":vltime#2592000:pltime#604800:mtu#0:
476 :addr="3ffe:501:ffff:1000::":prefixlen#64:tc=default:
486 .%T Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
491 .%T Default Router Preferences and More-Specific Routes
492 .%R draft-ietf-ipngwg-router-selection-xx.txt
499 .%T IPv6 Router Advertisement Option for DNS Configuration
505 and the configuration file
507 first appeared in WIDE Hydrangea IPv6 protocol stack kit.