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Re: [netbsd4.0]could you tell me why NetBSD did not send link-local NS when NetBSD, rebooted.



On Thu, 12 Feb 2009, wang_jiabo wrote:
when NetBSD rebooted, NetBSD should send a link-local Neighbor Solicitation(NS), but I didnot capture the NS by tcpdump.
could you tell me why.

The 'ip6mode=autohost' only tells the system to _accept_ router advertizements. To solicitate a RA, you have to run rtsol. You can do so by setting 'rtsol=yes' in /etc/rc.conf.

Documentation: http://www.netbsd.org/docs/network/ipv6/index.html


 - Hubert


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