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30 .Dd February 24, 2012
31 .Dt RTADVD.CONF 5
32 .Os
33 .Sh NAME
34 .Nm rtadvd.conf
35 .Nd config file for router advertisement daemon
36 .Sh DESCRIPTION
37 This file describes how the router advertisement packets must be constructed
38 for each of the interfaces.
39 .Pp
40 As described in
41 .Xr rtadvd 8 ,
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.
45 In such cases, the
46 .Nm rtadvd
47 daemon will automatically configure itself using default values
48 specified in the specification.
49 .Pp
50 It obeys the famous
51 .Xr termcap 5
52 file format.
53 Each line in the file describes a network interface.
54 Fields are separated by a colon
55 .Pq Sq \&: ,
56 and each field contains one capability description.
57 Lines may be concatenated by the
58 .Sq \e
59 character.
60 The comment marker is the
61 .Sq \&#
62 character.
63 .Sh CAPABILITIES
64 Capabilities describe the value to be filled into ICMPv6 router
65 advertisement messages and to control
66 .Xr rtadvd 8
67 behavior.
68 Therefore, you are encouraged to read IETF neighbor discovery documents
69 if you would like to modify the sample configuration file.
70 .Pp
71 Note that almost all items have default values.
72 If you omit an item, the default value of the item will be used.
73 .Pp
74 There are two items which control the interval of sending router advertisements.
75 These items can be omitted, then
76 .Nm rtadvd
77 will use the default values.
78 .Bl -tag -width indent
79 .It Cm \&maxinterval
80 (num) The maximum time allowed between sending unsolicited
81 multicast router advertisements
82 .Pq unit: seconds .
83 The default value is 600.
84 Its value must be no less than 4 seconds
85 and no greater than 1800 seconds.
86 .It Cm \&mininterval
87 (num) The minimum time allowed between sending unsolicited multicast
88 router advertisements
89 .Pq unit: seconds .
90 The default value is the one third of value of
91 .Cm maxinterval .
92 Its value must be no less than 3 seconds and no greater than .75 *
93 the value of
94 .Cm maxinterval .
95 .El
96 .Pp
97 The following items are for ICMPv6 router advertisement message
98 header.
99 These items can be omitted, then
100 .Nm rtadvd
101 will use the default values.
102 .Bl -tag -width indent
103 .It Cm \&chlim
104 (num) The value for Cur Hop Limit field.
105 The default value is 64.
106 .It Cm \&raflags
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
109 integer.
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.
113 Bit 7
114 .Po
115 .Li 'm' or 0x80
116 .Pc
117 means Managed address configuration flag bit,
118 and Bit 6
119 .Po
120 .Li 'o' or 0x40
121 .Pc
122 means Other stateful configuration flag bit.
123 Bit 4
124 .Po
125 .Li 0x10
126 .Pc
127 and Bit 3
128 .Po
129 .Li 0x08
130 .Pc
131 are used to encode router preference.
132 Bits 01
133 .Po
134 or 'h'
135 .Pc
136 means high, 00 means medium, and 11
137 .Po
138 or 'l'
139 .Pc
140 means low.
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
144 .Po
145 or a null string,
146 .Pc
147 which means no additional
148 configuration methods, and the medium router preference.
149 .It Cm \&rltime
150 (num) Router lifetime field
151 .Pq unit: seconds .
152 The value must be either zero or between
153 the value of
154 .Cm maxinterval
155 and 9000.
156 When
157 .Nm rtadvd
158 runs on a host, this value must explicitly set 0 on all the
159 advertising interfaces as described in
160 .Xr rtadvd 8 .
161 The default value is 1800.
162 .It Cm \&rtime
163 (num) Reachable time field
164 .Pq unit: milliseconds .
165 The default value is 0, which means unspecified by this router.
166 .It Cm \&retrans
167 (num) Retrans Timer field
168 .Pq unit: milliseconds .
169 The default value is 0, which means unspecified by this router.
170 .El
171 .Pp
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
175 .Nm rtadvd
176 will automatically get appropriate prefixes from the kernel's routing table,
177 and advertise the prefixes with the default parameters.
178 Keywords other than
179 .Cm clockskew
180 can be augmented with a number, like
181 .Dq Li prefix2 ,
182 to specify multiple prefixes.
183 .Bl -tag -width indent
184 .It Cm \&clockskew
185 (num) Time skew to adjust link propagation delays and clock skews
186 between routers on the link
187 .Pq unit: seconds .
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
191 real time.
192 If the value is 0, it means the consistency check will be skipped
193 for such prefixes.
194 The default value is 0.
195 .It Cm \&prefixlen
196 (num) Prefix length field.
197 The default value is 64.
198 .It Cm \&pinfoflags
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
201 integer.
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.
205 Bit 7
206 .Po
207 .Li 'l' or 0x80
208 .Pc
209 means On-link flag bit,
210 and Bit 6
211 .Po
212 .Li 'a' or 0x40
213 .Pc
214 means Autonomous address-configuration flag bit.
215 The default value is "la" or 0xc0, i.e., both bits are set.
216 .It Cm \&addr
217 (str) The address filled into Prefix field.
218 Since
219 .Dq \&:
220 is used for
221 .Xr termcap 5
222 file format as well as IPv6 numeric address, the field MUST be quoted by
223 doublequote character.
224 .It Cm \&vltime
225 (num) Valid lifetime field
226 .Pq unit: seconds .
227 The default value is 2592000 (30 days).
228 .It Cm \&vltimedecr
229 (bool) This item means the advertised valid lifetime will decrement
230 in real time, which is disabled by default.
231 .It Cm \&pltime
232 (num) Preferred lifetime field
233 .Pq unit: seconds .
234 The default value is 604800 (7 days).
235 .It Cm \&pltimedecr
236 (bool) This item means the advertised preferred lifetime will decrement
237 in real time, which is disabled by default.
238 .El
239 .Pp
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
243 .Nm rtadvd
244 will use the default value.
245 .Bl -tag -width indent
246 .It Cm \&mtu
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
251 .Dq auto
252 is specified for this item, MTU option will be included and its value
253 will be set to the interface MTU automatically.
254 .El
255 .Pp
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
259 .Nm rtadvd
260 will use the default value.
261 .Bl -tag -width indent
262 .It Cm \&nolladdr
263 (bool) By default
264 .Po
265 if
266 .Cm \&nolladdr
267 is not specified
268 .Pc ,
269 .Xr rtadvd 8
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,
273 .Xr rtadvd 8
274 will not attach source link-layer address option to
275 router advertisement packets.
276 .El
277 .Pp
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
282 .It Cm \&hapref
283 (num) Specifies home agent preference.
284 If set to non-zero,
285 .Cm \&hatime
286 must be present as well.
287 .It Cm \&hatime
288 (num) Specifies home agent lifetime.
289 .El
290 .Pp
291 When mobile IPv6 support is turned on for
292 .Xr rtadvd 8 ,
293 advertisement interval option will be attached to router advertisement
294 packet, by configuring
295 .Cm \&maxinterval
296 explicitly.
297 .Pp
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
302 .Dq Li rtplen2 ,
303 to specify multiple routes.
304 .Bl -tag -width indent
305 .It Cm \&rtprefix
306 (str) The prefix filled into the Prefix field of route information option.
307 Since
308 .Dq \&:
309 is used for
310 .Xr termcap 5
311 file format as well as IPv6 numeric address, the field MUST be quoted by
312 doublequote character.
313 .It Cm \&rtplen
314 (num) Prefix length field in route information option.
315 The default value is 64.
316 .It Cm \&rtflags
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.
320 Bit 4
321 .Po
322 .Li 0x10
323 .Pc
324 and
325 Bit 3
326 .Po
327 .Li 0x08
328 .Pc
329 are used to encode the route preference for the route.
330 The default value is 0x00, i.e., medium preference.
331 .It Cm \&rtltime
332 (num) route lifetime field in route information option.
333 .Pq unit: seconds .
334 Since the specification does not define the default value of this
335 item, the value for this item should be specified by hand.
336 However,
337 .Nm rtadvd
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.
341 .El
342 .Pp
343 In the above list, each keyword beginning with
344 .Dq Li rt
345 could be replaced with the one beginning with
346 .Dq Li rtr
347 for backward compatibility reason.
348 For example,
349 .Cm rtrplen
350 is accepted instead of
351 .Cm rtplen .
352 However, keywords that start with
353 .Dq Li rtr
354 have basically been obsoleted, and should not be used any more.
355 .Pp
356 You can also refer one line from another by using
357 .Cm tc
358 capability.
359 See
360 .Xr termcap 5
361 for details on the capability.
362 .Pp
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
366 .It Cm \&rdnssaddrs
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
372 for the
373 .Cm rdnssaddr
374 item below.
375 Indices vary from 0 to N-1, where N is the
376 value of
377 .Cm rdnssaddrs .
378 Each index shall follow the name of
379 .Cm rdnssaddr ,
380 e.g.,
381 .Dq rdnssaddr0 .
382 .It Cm \&rdnssaddr
383 (str) The IPv6 address of the recursive DNS server.
384 Since
385 .Dq \&:
386 is used for
387 .Xr termcap 5
388 file format as well as IPv6 numeric address, the field MUST be quoted by
389 doublequote character.
390 This field cannot be
391 omitted if the value of
392 .Cm rdnssaddrs
393 is more than 0.
394 .It Cm \&rdnsslifetime
395 (num) The lifetime field in RDNSS option.
396 (unit: seconds).
397 The default value is 2 * the value of
398 .Cm \&maxinterval ,
399 which is also the maximum value that should be set. The minimum value is
400 .Cm \&maxinterval .
401 If you specify a value outside of this range, a message is logged.
402 .El
403 .Pp
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
413 for the
414 .Cm dnssldomain
415 item below.
416 Indices vary from 0 to N-1, where N is the
417 value of
418 .Cm dnssldomains .
419 Each index shall follow the name of
420 .Cm dnssldomain ,
421 e.g.,
422 .Dq dnssldomain0 .
423 .It Cm \&dnssldomain
424 (str) The DNS search domain.
425 This field cannot be
426 omitted if the value of
427 .Cm dnssldomains
428 is more than 0.
429 .It Cm \&dnssllifetime
430 (num) The lifetime field in the DNSSL option.
431 (unit: seconds).
432 The default value is 2 * the value of
433 .Cm \&maxinterval ,
434 which is also the maximum value that should be set. The minimum value is
435 .Cm \&maxinterval .
436 If you specify a value outside of this range, a message is logged.
437 .El
438 .Sh EXAMPLES
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
443 parameter.
444 .Pp
445 To override a configuration parameter, you can specify the parameter alone.
446 With the following configuration,
447 .Xr rtadvd 8
448 overrides the router lifetime parameter for the
449 .Li ne0
450 interface.
451 .Bd -literal -offset
452 ne0:\\
453 :rltime#0:
454 .Ed
455 .Pp
456 The following example manually configures prefixes advertised from the
457 .Li ef0
458 interface.
459 The configuration must be used with the
460 .Fl s
461 option to
462 .Xr rtadvd 8 .
463 .Bd -literal -offset
464 ef0:\\
465 :addr="3ffe:501:ffff:1000::":prefixlen#64:
466 .Ed
467 .Pp
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.
471 .Bd -literal -offset
472 default:\\
473 :chlim#64:raflags#0:rltime#1800:rtime#0:retrans#0:\\
474 :pinfoflags="la":vltime#2592000:pltime#604800:mtu#0:
475 ef0:\\
476 :addr="3ffe:501:ffff:1000::":prefixlen#64:tc=default:
477 .Ed
478 .Sh SEE ALSO
479 .Xr termcap 5 ,
480 .Xr rtadvd 8 ,
481 .Xr rtsol 8
482 .Rs
483 .%A Thomas Narten
484 .%A Erik Nordmark
485 .%A W. A. Simpson
486 .%T Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6)
487 .%R RFC 2461
488 .Re
489 .Rs
490 .%A Richard Draves
491 .%T Default Router Preferences and More-Specific Routes
492 .%R draft-ietf-ipngwg-router-selection-xx.txt
493 .Re
494 .Rs
495 .%A J. Jeong
496 .%A S. Park
497 .%A L. Beloeil
498 .%A S. Madanapalli
499 .%T IPv6 Router Advertisement Option for DNS Configuration
500 .%R RFC 5006
501 .Re
502 .Sh HISTORY
503 The
504 .Xr rtadvd 8
505 and the configuration file
506 .Nm
507 first appeared in WIDE Hydrangea IPv6 protocol stack kit.
508 .\" .Sh BUGS
509 .\" (to be written)