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Documentation for the router advertisement protocol.

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@ -79,6 +79,7 @@ protocols to be incorporated easily. Among other features, BIRD supports:
<item>the Border Gateway Protocol (BGPv4)
<item>the Routing Information Protocol (RIPv2)
<item>the Open Shortest Path First protocol (OSPFv2, OSPFv3)
<item>the Router Advertisements for IPv6 hosts
<item>a virtual protocol for exchange of routes between different routing tables on a single host
<item>a command-line interface allowing on-line control and inspection
of status of the daemon
@ -385,7 +386,8 @@ to zero to disable it. An empty <cf><m/switch/</cf> is equivalent to <cf/on/
commas), each clause may contain a mask, a prefix, or both of them. An
interface matches the clause if its name matches the mask (if
specified) and its address matches the prefix (if specified). Mask is
specified as shell-like pattern.
specified as shell-like pattern. For IPv6, the prefix part of a clause
is generally ignored and interfaces are matched just by their name.
An interface matches the pattern if it matches any of its
clauses. If the clause begins with <cf/-/, matching interfaces are
@ -397,7 +399,7 @@ to zero to disable it. An empty <cf><m/switch/</cf> is equivalent to <cf/on/
interfaces-specific options, in that case for given interface
the first matching interface option is used.
This option is allowed in Direct, OSPF and RIP protocols,
This option is allowed in Direct, OSPF, RIP and RAdv protocols,
but in OSPF protocol it is used in <cf/area/ subsection.
Default: none.
@ -1293,7 +1295,7 @@ with `<tt/O/') are optional.
protocol bgp {
local as 65000; # Use a private AS number
neighbor 62.168.0.130 as 5588; # Our neighbor ...
multihop 20 via 62.168.0.13; # ... which is connected indirectly
multihop; # ... which is connected indirectly
export filter { # We use non-trivial export rules
if source = RTS_STATIC then { # Export only static routes
# Assign our community
@ -1516,7 +1518,7 @@ that each router detects all changes.
<sect1>Configuration
<p>In the main part of configuration, there can be multiple definitions of
OSPF area witch different id included. These definitions includes many other
OSPF areas, each with a different id. These definitions includes many other
switches and multiple definitions of interfaces. Definition of interface
may contain many switches and constant definitions and list of neighbors
on nonbroadcast networks.
@ -1967,6 +1969,149 @@ protocol pipe { # The Pipe
}
</code>
<sect>RAdv
<sect1>Introduction
<p>The RAdv protocol is an implementation of Router Advertisements,
which are used in the IPv6 stateless autoconfiguration. IPv6 routers
send (in irregular time intervals or as an answer to a request)
advertisement packets to connected networks. These packets contain
basic information about a local network (e.g. a list of network
prefixes), which allows network hosts to autoconfigure network
addresses and choose a default route. BIRD implements router behavior
as defined in RFC 4861<htmlurl url="ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc4861.txt">.
<sect1>Configuration
<p>There are two classes of definitions in RAdv configuration --
interface definitions and prefix definitions:
<descrip>
<tag>interface <m/pattern [, ...]/ { <m/options/ }</tag>
Interface definitions specify a set of interfaces on which the
protocol is activated and contain interface specific options.
See <ref id="dsc-iface" name="interface"> common options for
detailed description.
<tag>prefix <m/prefix/ { <m/options/ }</tag>
Prefix definitions allows to modify a list of advertised
prefixes. By default, the advertised prefixes are the same as
the network prefixes assigned to the interface. For each
network prefix, the matching prefix definition is found and
its options are used. If no matching prefix definition is
found, the prefix is used with default options.
Prefix definitions can be either global or interface-specific.
The second ones are part of interface options. The prefix
definition matching is done in the first-match style, when
interface-specific definitions are processed before global
definitions. As expected, the prefix definition is matching if
the network prefix is a subnet of the prefix in prefix
definition.
</descrip>
<p>Interface specific options:
<descrip>
<tag>max ra interval <m/expr/</tag>
Unsolicited router advertisements are sent in irregular time
intervals. This option specifies the maximum length of these
intervals, in seconds. Valid values are 4-1800. Default: 600
<tag>min ra interval <m/expr/</tag>
This option specifies the minimum length of that intervals, in
seconds. Must be at least 3 and at most 3/4 * max ra interval.
Default: about 1/3 * max ra interval.
<tag>min delay <m/expr/</tag>
The minimum delay between two consecutive router advertisements,
in seconds. Default: 3
<tag>managed <m/switch/</tag>
This option specifies whether hosts should use DHCPv6 for
IP address configuration. Default: no
<tag>other config <m/switch/</tag>
This option specifies whether hosts should use DHCPv6 to
receive other configuration information. Default: no
<tag>link mtu <m/expr/</tag>
This option specifies which value of MTU should be used by
hosts. 0 means unspecified. Default: 0
<tag>reachable time <m/expr/</tag>
This option specifies the time (in milliseconds) how long
hosts should assume a neighbor is reachable (from the last
confirmation). Maximum is 3600000, 0 means unspecified.
Default 0.
<tag>retrans timer <m/expr/</tag>
This option specifies the time (in milliseconds) how long
hosts should wait before retransmitting Neighbor Solicitation
messages. 0 means unspecified. Default 0.
<tag>current hop limit <m/expr/</tag>
This option specifies which value of Hop Limit should be used
by hosts. Valid values are 0-255, 0 means unspecified. Default: 64
<tag>default lifetime <m/expr/</tag>
This option specifies the time (in seconds) how long (after
the receipt of RA) hosts may use the router as a default
router. 0 means do not use as a default router. Default: 3 *
max ra interval.
</descrip>
<p>Prefix specific options:
<descrip>
<tag>onlink <m/switch/</tag>
This option specifies whether hosts may use the advertised
prefix for onlink determination. Default: yes
<tag>autonomous <m/switch/</tag>
This option specifies whether hosts may use the advertised
prefix for stateless autoconfiguration. Default: yes
<tag>valid lifetime <m/expr/</tag>
This option specifies the time (in seconds) how long (after
the receipt of RA) the prefix information is valid, i.e.,
autoconfigured IP addresses can be assigned and hosts with
that IP addresses are considered directly reachable. 0 means
the prefix is no longer valid. Default: 86400 (1 day)
<tag>preferred lifetime <m/expr/</tag>
This option specifies the time (in seconds) how long (after
the receipt of RA) IP addresses generated from the prefix
using stateless autoconfiguration remain preferred. Default:
14400 (4 hours)
</descrip>
<sect1>Example
<p><code>
protocol radv {
interface "eth2" {
max ra interval 5; # Fast failover with more routers
managed yes; # Using DHCPv6 on eth2
prefix ::/0 {
autonomous off; # So do not autoconfigure any IP
};
};
interface "eth*"; # No need for any other options
prefix 2001:0DB8:1234::/48 {
preferred lifetime 0; # Deprecated address range
};
prefix 2001:0DB8:2000::/48 {
autonomous off; # Do not autoconfigure
};
}
</code>
<sect>RIP
<sect1>Introduction