ndsend - send a Neighbor Advertisement NDP packet
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Description
The ndsend utility is called by arpsend(8) for IPv6 addresses to send an unsolicited Neighbor
Advertisement ICMPv6 multicast packet announcing a given IPv6 address to all IPv6 nodes as per RFC4861.
Examples
To send a Neighbor Advertisement ICMPv6 on interface eth0 with IPv6 address 2001:DB8::1:
ndsend 2001:DB8::1 eth0
Exit Status
ndsend returns 0 upon successful execution. If something goes wrong, it returns an appropriate error
code:
1EXC_USAGE
Usage error
2EXC_SYSTEM
System error
License
Copyright (C) 2000-2011, Parallels, Inc. Licensed under GNU GPL.
Name
ndsend - send a Neighbor Advertisement NDP packet
Options
address
Specify the IPv6 address to be advertised.
interface
Specify the network interface to send an advertisement from.
See Also
arpsend(8), vzctl(8).
Synopsis
ndsendaddressinterface
