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 ndpd.conf 4 "4 Jan 2007" "SunOS 5.11" "File Formats"
 NAME
ndpd.conf - configuration file for IPv6 router autoconfiguration

 SYNOPSIS


/etc/inet/ndpd.conf




 DESCRIPTION

The ndpd.conf file contains configuration information for
in.ndpd(1M). On a host, this file does not need to exist or can be empty.
The file has one configuration entry per line; note that lines can be extended
with a backslash (\e) followed by a NEWLINE. There are four forms of
configuration entries which are identified by the first field on the line:
ifdefault, prefixdefault, if, or prefix. The
ifdefault and if entries set interface configuration variables. The
former establishes the routing behavior for all interfaces, the latter sets
per-interface parameters. Any ifdefault entries must precede any if
entries in the file.


The prefixdefault and prefix entries control prefix configuration
variables. prefixdefault establishes the default behavior for all prefix
advertisements on all interfaces. The prefix keyword advertises
per-prefix information. Any prefixdefault entries must precede any
prefix entries in the file.


Each ifdefault entry is composed of a single line of the form:

ifdefault [ if-variable-name value ]*





Each if entry is composed of a single line of the form:

if interface [ if-variable-name value ]*





Each prefixdefault entry is composed of a single line of the form:

prefixdefault [ prefix-variable-name value ]*





Each prefix entry is composed of a single line of the form:

prefix prefix/prefix_length interface [ prefix-variable-name value ]*





Fields are separated by either SPACE or TAB characters. A `#' (number
sign) indicates the beginning of a comment. Characters up to the end of the
line are not interpreted by routines that search this file.


interface


The name of a network interface, for example, eri0.





prefix


An IPv6 address in standard hexadecimal notation, for example,
fec0:0:0:1::0.





prefix_length


A number between 0 and 128.





if-variable-name


An interface variable. Below is the list of interface variables applicable to
routers only along with their default values and units as discussed in RFC
2461 and RFC 2462. The Tmp* variables apply to hosts and
routers. The Tmp* variables configure temporary address functionality as
defined in RFC 3041.

Variable Name Default Unit

AdvSendAdvertisements false Boolean
DupAddrDetectTransmits 1 Counter
MaxRtrAdvInterval 600 Seconds
MinRtrAdvInterval 200 Seconds
AdvManagedFlag false Boolean
AdvOtherConfigFlag false Boolean
AdvLinkMTU 0 Bytes
AdvReachableTime 0 Milliseconds
AdvRetransTimer 0 Milliseconds
AdvCurHopLimit see below Counter
AdvDefaultLifetime 1800 Seconds



These variables are described as follows:


AdvSendAdvertisements


Indicates whether the node should send out advertisements and respond to router
solicitations. You need to explicitly configure this value to turn on router
advertisement functions.





DupAddrDetectTransmits


Defines the number of consecutive Neighbor Solicitation messages that the
Neighbor Discovery protocol should send during Duplicate Address Detection of
the local node's address.





MaxRtrAdvInterval


Specifies the maximum time to wait between sending unsolicited multicast
advertisements.





MinRtrAdvInterval


Specifies the minimum amount of time to wait between sending unsolicited
multicast advertisements.





AdvManagedFlag


Indicates the value to be placed in the "Manage address configuration" flag in
the Router Advertisement. This flag causes hosts to run DHCPv6 to acquire
addresses and other configuration information. This flag causes hosts to run
DHCPv6 to acquire configuration information, but only if AdvManagedFlag
is not set.





AdvOtherConfigFlag


Indicates the value to be placed in the "Other stateful configuration"flag in
the Router Advertisement.





AdvLinkMTU


Specifies an MTU value to be sent by the router. The default of zero indicates
that the router does not specify MTU options.





AdvReachableTime


Specifies the value in the Reachable Time field in the advertisement messages
sent by the router.





AdvRetransTimer


Specifies the value in the Retrans Timer field in the advertisement messages
sent by the router.





AdvCurHopLimit


Specifies the value to be placed in the current hop limit field in the
advertisement messages sent by the router. The default is the current diameter
of the Internet.





AdvDefaultLifetime


Specifies the default lifetime of the router advertisements.



Listed below is the interface variable that applies to both hosts and routers.

Variable Name Default Unit

StatefulAddrConf true Boolean
StatelessAddrConf true Boolean
TmpAddrsEnabled false Boolean
TmpValidLifetime 604800 Seconds
 (1 week)
TmpPreferredLifetime 86400 Seconds
 (1 day)
TmpRegenAdvance 5 Seconds
TmpMaxDesyncFactor 600 Seconds





StatefulAddrConf


Controls whether the system configures its IPv6 addresses by means of the
Stateful Address Autoconfiguration mechanism, also known as DHCPv6, as
described in RFC 3315. If enabled (the default), hosts automatically run DHCPv6
based on the "managed" and "other" flags sent by routers. If disabled,
in.ndpd will not invoke DHCPv6 automatically. DHCPv6 can still be invoked
manually by using ifconfig(1M), in which case in.ndpd automatically
sets the prefix length as needed.





StatelessAddrConf


Controls whether the system configures its IPv6 addresses by means of the
Stateless Address Autoconfiguration mechanism described in RFC 2462. If
enabled hosts (the default) autoconfigure addresses based on prefixes
advertised by routers, routers will only autoconfigure addresses based on the
prefixes they advertise themselves. In other words, even when enabled, routers
do not autoconfigure addresses based on prefixes that other routers advertise.
If you specify false for this variable, then the address must be
configured manually.





TmpAddrsEnabled


Indicates whether a temporary address should be created for all interfaces or
for a particular interface of a node.





TmpValidLifetime


Sets the valid lifetime for a temporary address.





TmpPreferredLifetime


Sets the preferred lifetime of a temporary address.





TmpRegenAdvance


Specifies the lead time in advance of address deprecation for generation of a
new temporary address.





TmpMaxDesyncFactor


Sets the upper bound on the DesyncFactor, which is a random value that is used
to shorten the preferred lifetime so that clients do not regenerate an address
at the same time.








prefix-variable-name


A prefix variable as discussed in RFC 2461  and RFC 2462. The
following lists the each interface variable and its default value and unit:







Variable NameDefaultUnit
AdvValidLifetime2592000Seconds
AdvOnLinkFlagtrueBoolean
AdvPreferredLifetime604800Seconds
AdvAutonomousFlagtrueBoolean
AdvValidExpirationnot setDate/Time
AdvPreferredExpiration not setDate/TIme


These variables are described as follows:


AdvValidLifetime


Specifies the valid lifetime of the prefix that is being configured.





AdvOnLinkFlag


Specifies the value to be placed in the on-link flag ("L-bit") field in the
Prefix Information option.





AdvPreferredLifetime


Specifies the value to be placed in the Preferred Lifetime in the Prefix
Information option.





AdvAutonomousFlag


Specifies the value to be placed in the Autonomous Flag field in the Prefix
Information option.





AdvValidExpiration


Specifies the valid expiration date of the prefix.





AdvPreferredExpiration


Specifies the preferred expiration date of the prefix.



The AdvValidExpiration and AdvPreferredExpiration variables are
used to specify that the lifetime should be decremented in real time as
specified in RFC 2461. If an Expiration variable is set, it takes
precedence over the corresponding AdvValidLifetime or
AdvPreferredLifetime variable setting.





value


The value is a function of the unit. Boolean values are true,
false, on, off, 1, or 0.
Values in seconds can have characters appended for day (d), hour
h), minute (m) and second (s). The default is seconds. For
example, 1h means 1 hour. This is equivalent to the value 3600.
Values in milliseconds can have characters appended for day (d),hour
(h), minute (m) second (s), and millisecond (ms). The
default is milliseconds. For example, 1h is equivalent to the value
3600000.
Date/time values are strings that use the recommended ISO date format described
as "%Y-%m-%d %R", which represents a 4 digit year, a dash character, a
numeric month, a dash character, and a numeric day of the month, followed by
one or more whitespace characters and finally a 24 hour clock with hours, a
colon, and minutes. For example, 1999-01-31 20:00 means 8pm January 31 in
1999. Since the date/time values contain a space, use single or double quotes
to declare the value. For example:

prefixdefault AdvPreferredExpiration '1999-01-31 20:00'







 EXAMPLES

Example 1 Sending Router Advertisements for all Interfaces


The following example can be used to send router advertisements out to all
interfaces:


# Send router advertisements out all interfaces
ifdefault AdvSendAdvertisements on 
prefixdefault AdvOnLinkFlag on AdvAutonomousFlag on

# Advertise a (bogus) global prefix and a site 
# local prefix on three interfaces using the default lifetimes
prefix 2:0:0:9255::0/64 eri0
prefix fec0:0:0:9255::0/64 eri0

prefix 2:0:0:9256::0/64 eri1
prefix fec0:0:0:9256::0/64 eri1

prefix 2:0:0:9259::0/64 eri2
prefix fec0:0:0:9259::0/64 eri2




 ATTRIBUTES

See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:







ATTRIBUTE TYPEATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface StabilityCommitted



 SEE ALSO

dhcpagent(1M), ifconfig(1M), in.ndpd(1M), routeadm(1M),
attributes(5), icmp6(7P), ip6(7P)


Narten, T., Nordmark, E., and Simpson, W. RFC 2461, Neighbor Discovery for
IP Version 6 (IPv6). The Internet Society. December 1998.


Thomson, S., and Narten, T. RFC 2462, IPv6 Stateless Address
Autoconfiguration. The Internet Society. December 1998.


Narten, T., and Draves, R. RFC 3041, Privacy Extensions for Stateless
Address Autoconfiguration in IPv6. The Internet Society. January 2001.


Droms, R. RFC 3315, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6
(DHCPv6). Cisco Systems. July 2003.


System Administration Guide: IP Services