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All rights reserved. +.\" +.Dd Sep 02, 2015 +.Dt NDP 8 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm ndp +.Nd manipulate IPv6 Neighbor Discovery Protocol mappings +.Sh SYNOPSIS +.Nm +.Op Fl n +.Fl a +.Nm +.Op Fl n +.Fl A Ar period +.Nm +.Op Fl n +.Op Fl i Ar iface +.Ar hostname +.Nm +.Op Fl n +.Op Fl i Ar iface +.Fl d Ar hostname +.Nm +.Op Fl n +.Op Fl i Ar iface +.Fl f Ar filename +.Nm +.Op Fl n +.Op Fl i Ar iface +.Fl s Ar hostname lladdr +.Op Cm temp +.Op Cm any +.Op Cm router +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The +.Nm +command displays and modifies the IPv6-to-MAC address translation +tables used by the Neighbor Discovery Protocol +.Po see Xr ndp 4P Pc . +.Pp +Given just a hostname, +.Nm +will display the current entry. +Note that when getting, setting or deleting, if a hostname refers to multiple +IPv6 addresses, the operation will apply to all of them. +.Pp +The NDP translation tables can be modified with +.Fl d , +.Fl s , +or +.Fl f . +These flags can only be used when +.Nm +is given the +.Sy PRIV_SYS_NET_CONFIG +privilege. +See +.Xr privileges 7 +for further information. +.Pp +Note that NDP entries for IPMP (IP Network Multipathing) data and +test addresses are managed by the kernel and therefore cannot be +modified or deleted. +.Sh OPTIONS +.Bl -tag -width 6m +.It Fl a +Display all NDP entries. +Entries can be one of several types: +.Bl -tag -offset indent -width 7n +.It Sy dynamic +This is a normal NDP mapping and will eventually expire. +This is the most common type of mapping for non-local addresses that will be +displayed. +.It Sy local +The IPv6 address is local to the machine. +.It Sy other +The mapping is a multicast or broadcast address, or the system is acting +as proxy for the address. +.It Sy static +The mapping is static and will not be removed from the machine over time. +.El +.Pp +Entries also exist in one of the following states: +.Bl -tag -offset indent -width 12m +.It Sy INCOMPLETE +Address resolution is in progress +.It Sy REACHABLE +This address has recently been reachable +.It Sy STALE +This address may be unreachable +.It Sy DELAY +Waiting to send out reachability probes +.It Sy PROBE +Sending out probes for the address +.It Sy UNREACHABLE +The address is unreachable, and will be deleted +.It Sy UNKNOWN +The state of the entry is unknown +.El +.Pp +Using the +.Fl a +flag is equivalent to: +.sp +.Dl # netstat -p -f inet6 +.sp +If +.Fl n +is passed to +.Nm , +then it will be passed along to +.Nm netstat . +.It Fl A +Display all NDP entries every +.Ar period +seconds. +.It Fl d +Delete NDP mappings for the host called +.Ar hostname . +.It Fl f +Read in the lines from +.Ar filename +and use each one to set a mapping. +The syntax of each line is the same as the arguments to +.Fl s . +Lines beginning with `#' will be ignored. +.It Fl i +By default, +.Nm +will use the routing table to determine the appropriate interface to place the +mapping on. +This flag allows forcing a specific interface +.Ar iface . +This argument will be ignored when using the +.Fl a +or +.Fl A +flags. +.It Fl n +Disable the default translation of numeric IP addresses to host names when +printing. +.It Fl s +Add or update an NDP mapping, and set the desired properties for the entry. +The list of flags should be the full set of flags desired on the entry, i.e., +not listing a flag will remove it if it already exists. +The following flags can be used: +.Bl -tag -offset indent -width Ds +.It Cm temp +The entry should be temporary and eventually expire like a normal NDP +entry. +By default, all entries created with the +.Nm +command are static, and will not be deleted. +To make a static entry temporary, it should be deleted and recreated with the +.Cm temp +flag. +.It Cm any +The address should be treated like an anycast address. +This will prevent the system from sending Neighbor Advertisements with the +Override flag. +.It Cm router +The address should be treated like a router address. +This cause the system to send Neighbor Advertisements with the Router flag. +.El +.El +.Sh EXAMPLES +.Ss Example 1: Setting a mapping +To create a temporary mapping for an address: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# ndp -s fd00::1 90:b8:d0:4b:c7:3b temp +.Ed +.Ss Example 2: Getting a mapping +An entry can be fetched via its IP address: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# ndp fd00::1 +fd00::1 (fd00::1) at 90:b8:d0:4b:c7:3b temp +.Ed +.sp +Or via a name that resolves to that address: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# echo fd00::1 epicac >> /etc/hosts +# echo fd00::2 epicac >> /etc/hosts +# ndp epicac +fd00::1 (epicac) at 90:b8:d0:4b:c7:3b temp +fd00::2 (epicac) -- no entry +.Ed +.Ss Example 3: Deleting a mapping +An entry can be removed with the +.Fl d +flag: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# ndp -d fd00::1 +.Ed +.sp +Attempting to remove it again will print an error message: +.Bd -literal -offset indent +# ndp -d fd00::1 +ndp: No entry for fd00::1 +.Ed +.Sh STABILITY +The command line options for this command are stable, but the output format +and diagnostic messages are not. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr ndp 4P , +.Xr attributes 7 , +.Xr privileges 7 , +.Xr arp 8 , +.Xr ifconfig 8 , +.Xr netstat 8 |