RTSOLD(8) OpenBSD System Manager's Manual RTSOLD(8)NAME
rtsold - router solicitation daemon
SYNOPSIS
rtsold [-1DdFfm] [-O script-name] interface ...
rtsold [-1DdFfm] -a
rtsol [-DdF] [-O script-name] interface ...
rtsol [-DdF] -a
DESCRIPTION
rtsold is the daemon program to send ICMPv6 Router Solicitation messages
on the specified interfaces. If a node (re)attaches to a link, rtsold
sends some Router Solicitations on the link destined to the link-local
scope all-routers multicast address to discover new routers and to get
non link-local addresses.
rtsold should be used on IPv6 hosts (non-router nodes) only. The
net.inet6.ip6.forwarding sysctl(8) should be set to zero and the
net.inet6.ip6.accept_rtadv sysctl(8) should be set to a non-zero value
(see also the -F option below).
If you invoke the program as rtsol, it will transmit probes from the
specified interface, without becoming a daemon. In other words, rtsol
behaves as ``rtsold -f1 interface ...''.
An interface may be configured at boot to be brought up using rtsol via a
hostname.if(5) file. See that man page for more information.
rtsold sends at most 3 Router Solicitations on an interface after one of
the following events:
o Just after invocation of rtsold daemon.
o The interface is up after a temporary interface failure. rtsold
detects such failures by periodically probing to see if the status of
the interface is active or not. Note that some network cards and
drivers do not allow the extraction of link state. In such cases,
rtsold cannot detect the change of the interface status.
o Every 60 seconds if the -m option is specified and the rtsold daemon
cannot get the interface status. This feature does not conform to
the IPv6 neighbor discovery specification, but is provided for mobile
stations. The default interval for router advertisements, which is
on the order of 10 minutes, is slightly long for mobile stations.
This feature is provided for such stations so that they can find new
routers as soon as possible when they attach to another link.
Once rtsold has sent a Router Solicitation, and has received a valid
Router Advertisement, it refrains from sending additional solicitations
on that interface, until the next time one of the above events occurs.
When sending a Router Solicitation on an interface, rtsold includes a
Source Link-layer address option if the interface has a link-layer
address.
rtsold is able to do some additional configuration for interfaces where
more than setting the host's address is needed. When the daemon receives
a router advertisement with the ``Other Configuration'' flag set, the
script specified using the -O option is run.
Upon receipt of signal SIGUSR1, rtsold will dump the current internal
state into /var/run/rtsold.dump.
The options are as follows:
-1 Perform only one probe. Transmit Router Solicitation packets
until at least one valid Router Advertisement packet has arrived
on each interface, then exit.
-a Autoprobe outgoing interface. rtsold will try to find a non-
loopback, non-point-to-point, IPv6-capable interface. If rtsold
finds multiple interfaces, rtsold will exit with error.
-D Enable more debugging (than that offered by the -d option)
including the printing of internal timer information.
-d Enable debugging.
-F Automatically set the sysctl(8) variables relating to rtsold (see
above). Without this option, rtsold will obey the current
sysctl(8) settings.
-f This option prevents rtsold from becoming a daemon (foreground
mode). Warning messages are generated to standard error instead
of syslog(3).
-m Enable mobility support. If this option is specified, rtsold
sends probing packets to default routers that have advertised
Router Advertisements when the node (re)attaches to an interface.
Moreover, if the option is specified, rtsold periodically sends
Router Solicitation on an interface that does not support
SIOCGIFMEDIA ioctl.
-O script-name
Specifies a script to handle the Other Configuration flag of the
router advertisement (see above). script-name is invoked with a
single argument of the receiving interface name, expecting the
script will then start a protocol to provide additional
configuration. script-name should be specified as the absolute
path from root to the script file, and the file itself should be
a regular file and owned by the same user running rtsold.
FILES
/var/run/rtsold.dump Internal state dump file.
EXIT STATUS
The rtsold utility exits 0 on success, and >0 if an error occurs.
SEE ALSOhostname.if(5), netstart(8), rtadvd(8), sysctl(8)HISTORY
The rtsold command is based on the rtsol command, which first appeared in
WIDE/KAME IPv6 protocol stack kit. rtsol is now integrated into rtsold.
BUGS
In some operating systems, when a PCMCIA network card is removed and
reinserted, the corresponding interface index is changed. However,
rtsold assumes such changes will not occur, and always uses the index
that it got at invocation. As a result, rtsold may not work if you
reinsert a network card. In such a case, rtsold should be killed and
restarted.
The IPv6 autoconfiguration specification assumes a single-interface host.
You may see kernel error messages if you try to autoconfigure a host with
multiple interfaces. Also, it seems contradictory for rtsold to accept
multiple interface arguments.
OpenBSD 4.9 September 3, 2010 OpenBSD 4.9