the man page for RADVD says:
radvd is the router advertisement daemon for IPv6. It listens to
router
solicitations and sends router advertisements as described in
"Neighbor
Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)" (RFC 2461). With these
advertise-
ments hosts can automatically configure their addresses and some
other
parameters. They also can choose a default router based on these
adver-
tisements.
But there is nothing I see in man radvd.conf that answers how hosts
choose a default router, nor can I find anything else about this.
Anyone know the answer or where to get the information???
on 7-15-2008 4:08 PM Robert Moskowitz spake the following:> the man page for RADVD says: > > radvd is the router advertisement daemon for IPv6. It listens to > router > solicitations and sends router advertisements as described in > "Neighbor > Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)" (RFC 2461). With these > advertise- > ments hosts can automatically configure their addresses and some > other > parameters. They also can choose a default router based on these > adver- > tisements. > > > But there is nothing I see in man radvd.conf that answers how hosts > choose a default router, nor can I find anything else about this. > > Anyone know the answer or where to get the information???I do believe that radvd runs only on the default router, so everyone else just waits for the advertising messages. I found this; http://fermiparadox.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/using-radvd/ -- MailScanner is like deodorant... You hope everybody uses it, and you notice quickly if they don't!!!! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: signature.asc Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 258 bytes Desc: OpenPGP digital signature URL: <http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos/attachments/20080715/926a0f23/attachment-0002.sig>
Scott Silva wrote:> on 7-15-2008 4:08 PM Robert Moskowitz spake the following: >> the man page for RADVD says: >> >> radvd is the router advertisement daemon for IPv6. It listens >> to router >> solicitations and sends router advertisements as described in >> "Neighbor >> Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)" (RFC 2461). With these >> advertise- >> ments hosts can automatically configure their addresses and >> some other >> parameters. They also can choose a default router based on >> these adver- >> tisements. >> >> >> But there is nothing I see in man radvd.conf that answers how hosts >> choose a default router, nor can I find anything else about this. >> >> Anyone know the answer or where to get the information??? > I do believe that radvd runs only on the default router, so everyone > else just waits for the advertising messages. > > I found this; > http://fermiparadox.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/using-radvd/Thanks for this URL. But it does not contribute anything on routing. On further reading of man radvd.conf I find: interface name { list of interface specific options list of prefix definitions list of route definitions }; ... Route definitions are of the form: route prefix/length { list of route specific options }; But there are no examples of 'list of route definitions. I am guessing that if I want a global default route through the radvd box using the defaults for the options I add the line: route ::/0; to the interfaces. Here goes....
Robert Moskowitz wrote:> Scott Silva wrote: >> on 7-15-2008 4:08 PM Robert Moskowitz spake the following: >>> the man page for RADVD says: >>> >>> radvd is the router advertisement daemon for IPv6. It listens to router >>> solicitations and sends router advertisements as described in "Neighbor >>> Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6)" (RFC 2461). With these advertise- >>> ments hosts can automatically configure their addresses and some other >>> parameters. They also can choose a default router based on these adver- >>> tisements. >>> >>> >>> But there is nothing I see in man radvd.conf that answers how hosts >>> choose a default router, nor can I find anything else about this. >>> >>> Anyone know the answer or where to get the information??? >> I do believe that radvd runs only on the default router, so everyone >> else just waits for the advertising messages. >> >> I found this; >> http://fermiparadox.wordpress.com/2007/02/18/using-radvd/ > Thanks for this URL. But it does not contribute anything on routing. > > On further reading of man radvd.conf I find: > > interface name { > list of interface specific options > list of prefix definitions > list of route definitions > }; > > ... > > Route definitions are of the form: > > route prefix/length { > list of route specific options > }; > > > But there are no examples of 'list of route definitions. > > > I am guessing that if I want a global default route through the radvd > box using the defaults for the options I add the line: > > route ::/0; > > to the interfaces. > > Here goes....Well, what is needed is: route ::/0 { }; And the boxes are now getting out!