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30.\" $FreeBSD$
31.\"
32.Dd Jan 10, 2013
33.Dt NDP 8
34.Os
35.\"
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm ndp
38.Nd control/diagnose IPv6 neighbor discovery protocol
39.\"
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm
42.Op Fl nt
43.Ar hostname
44.Nm
45.Op Fl nt
46.Fl a | c | p
47.Nm
48.Op Fl nt
49.Fl r
50.Nm
51.Op Fl nt
52.Fl H | P | R
53.Nm
54.Op Fl nt
55.Fl A Ar wait
56.Nm
57.Op Fl nt
58.Fl d Ar hostname
59.Nm
60.Op Fl nt
61.Fl f Ar filename
62.Nm
63.Op Fl nt
64.Fl i
65.Ar interface
66.Op Ar expressions ...
67.Nm
68.Op Fl nt
69.Fl I Op Ar interface | Li delete
70.Nm
71.Op Fl nt
72.Fl s Ar nodename etheraddr
73.Op Li temp
74.Op Li proxy
75.\"
76.Sh DESCRIPTION
77The
78.Nm
79utility manipulates the address mapping table
80used by the Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP).
81.Bl -tag -width indent
82.It Fl a
83Dump the currently existing NDP entries.
84The following information will be printed:
85.Bl -tag -width "Neighbor"
86.It Neighbor
87IPv6 address of the neighbor.
88.It Linklayer Address
89Linklayer address of the neighbor.
90It could be
91.Dq Li (incomplete)
92when the address is not available.
93.It Netif
94Network interface associated with the neighbor cache entry.
95.It Expire
96The time until expiry of the entry.
97The entry could become
98.Dq Li permanent ,
99in which case it will never expire.
100.It S
101State of the neighbor cache entry, as a single letter:
102.Pp
103.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
104.It N
105Nostate
106.It W
107Waitdelete
108.It I
109Incomplete
110.It R
111Reachable
112.It S
113Stale
114.It D
115Delay
116.It P
117Probe
118.It ?\&
119Unknown state (should never happen).
120.El
121.It Flags
122Flags on the neighbor cache entry, in a single letter.
123They are: Router, proxy neighbor advertisement
124.Pq Dq p .
125The field could be followed by a decimal number,
126which means the number of NS probes the node has sent during the current state.
127.El
128.It Fl A Ar wait
129Repeat
130.Fl a
131(dump NDP entries)
132every
133.Ar wait
134seconds.
135.It Fl c
136Erase all the NDP entries.
137.It Fl d
138Delete specified NDP entry.
139.It Fl f
140Parse the file specified by
141.Ar filename .
142.It Fl H
143Harmonize consistency between the routing table and the default router
144list; install the top entry of the list into the kernel routing table.
145.It Fl I
146Shows the default interface used as the default route when
147there is no default router.
148.It Fl I Ar interface
149Specifies the default interface used as the default route when
150there is no default router.
151The
152.Ar interface
153will be used as the default.
154.It Fl I Li delete
155The current default interface will be deleted from the kernel.
156.It Fl i Ar interface Op Ar expressions ...
157View ND information for the specified interface.
158If additional arguments
159.Ar expressions
160are given,
161.Nm
162sets or clears the flags or variables for the interface as specified in
163the expression.
164Each expression should be separated by white spaces or tab characters.
165Possible expressions are as follows.
166Some of the expressions can begin with the
167special character
168.Ql - ,
169which means the flag specified in the expression should be cleared.
170Note that you need
171.Fl -
172before
173.Fl foo
174in this case.
175.\"
176.Bl -tag -width indent
177.It Ic nud
178Turn on or off NUD (Neighbor Unreachability Detection) on the
179interface.
180NUD is usually turned on by default.
181.It Ic accept_rtadv
182Specify whether or not to accept Router Advertisement messages
183received on the
184.Ar interface .
185This flag is set by
186.Va net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv
187sysctl variable.
188.It Ic auto_linklocal
189Specify whether or not to perform automatic link-local address configuration
190on
191.Ar interface .
192This flag is set by
193.Va net.inet6.ip6.auto_linklocal
194sysctl variable.
195.It Ic no_prefer_iface
196The address on the outgoing interface is preferred by source addess
197selection rule.
198If this flag is set, stop treating the address on the
199.Ar interface
200as special even when the
201.Ar interface
202is outgoing interface.
203The default value of this flag is off.
204.It Ic disabled
205Disable IPv6 operation on the interface.
206When disabled, the interface discards any IPv6 packets
207received on or being sent to the interface.
208In the sending case, an error of ENETDOWN will be returned to the
209application.
210This flag is typically set automatically in the kernel as a result of
211a certain failure of Duplicate Address Detection.
212If the auto_linklocal per-interface flag is set, automatic link-local
213address configuration is performed again when this flag is cleared.
214.It Ic basereachable Ns Li = Ns Pq Ar number
215Specify the BaseReachbleTimer on the interface in millisecond.
216.It Ic retrans Ns Li = Ns Pq Ar number
217Specify the RetransTimer on the interface in millisecond.
218.It Ic curhlim Ns Li = Ns Pq Ar number
219Specify the Cur Hop Limit on the interface.
220.El
221.It Fl n
222Do not try to resolve numeric addresses to hostnames.
223.It Fl p
224Show prefix list.
225The following information will be printed:
226.Bl -tag -width indent
227.It Cm if
228The network interface associated with this prefix.
229.It Cm flags
230The status of the prefix, expressed by a combination of the following
231letters:
232.Pp
233.Bl -tag -width indent -compact
234.It Cm A
235This prefix can be used for stateless address autoconfiguration.
236.It Cm L, Cm O
237This prefix can be used for on-link determination; that is, it can be
238used to determine whether a given destination address is on-link.
239.It Cm D
240There are no reachable routers advertising this prefix.
241.El
242.It Cm vltime
243Valid lifetime; the length of time for which the prefix and a stateless
244autoconfigured address generated from this prefix can be used for the
245source or destination address of a packet.
246.It Cm pltime
247Preferred lifetime; the length of time for which the prefix and a stateless
248autoconfigured address generated from this prefix can be used by upper-layer
249protocols unrestrictedly.
250.It Cm expire
251This is the remaining time that the prefix is in the valid state.
252.It Cm ref
253The number of kernel references held for this prefix.
254.El
255.It Fl P
256Flush all the entries in the prefix list.
257.It Fl r
258Show default router list.
259.It Fl R
260Flush all the entries in the default router list.
261.It Fl s
262Register an NDP entry for a node.
263The entry will be permanent unless the word
264.Li temp
265is given in the command.
266If the word
267.Li proxy
268is given, this system will act as a proxy NDP server,
269responding to requests for
270.Ar hostname
271even though the host address is not its own.
272.It Fl t
273Print timestamp for each entry,
274to make it possible to merge the output with
275.Xr tcpdump 1 .
276Most useful when used with
277.Fl A .
278.El
279.\"
280.Sh EXIT STATUS
281.Ex -std
282.\"
283.Sh SEE ALSO
284.Xr arp 8
285.\"
286.Sh HISTORY
287The
288.Nm
289utility first appeared in the WIDE Hydrangea IPv6 protocol stack kit.
290The
291.Fl I Ar auto_linklocal
292flag first appeared in
293.Fx 8.0 .
294.\"
295.\" .Sh BUGS
296.\" (to be written)
297