NAME¶
dhcp6relay —
DHCPv6 relay agent
SYNOPSIS¶
dhcp6relay |
[-Ddf]
[-b
boundaddr]
[-H
hoplim]
[-r
relay-IF]
[-s
serveraddr]
[-S
script-file]
[-p
pid-file] interface
... |
DESCRIPTION¶
dhcp6relay acts as an intermediary to deliver DHCPv6 messages
between clients and servers, and is on the same link as a client.
dhcp6relay needs command line arguments
interface ..., which specifies the list of links
accommodating clients.
Options supported by
dhcp6relay are:
- -d
- Print debugging messages.
- -D
- Even more debugging information is printed.
- -f
- Foreground mode (useful when debugging). Although
dhcp6relay usually prints warning, debugging, or error
messages to syslog(8), it prints the messages to
standard error if this option is specified.
- -b
boundaddr
- Specifies the source address to relay packets to servers
(or other agents).
- -H
hoplim
- Specifies the hop limit of DHCPv6 Solicit messages
forwarded to servers.
- -r
relay-IF
- Specifies the interface on which messages to servers are
sent. When omitted, the same interface as interface
will be used. When multiple interface are specified,
this option cannot be omitted.
- -s
serveraddr
- Specifies the DHCPv6 server address to relay packets to. If
not specified, packets are relayed to ff05::1:3 (All DHCPv6 servers).
- -S
script-file
- Specifies the script file to be executed when
dhcp6relay receives a RELAY-REPLY message from a DHCPv6
server. Further detail of the script file syntax is available in
dhcp6c(8)
- -p
pid-file
- Use pid-file to dump the process ID
of dhcp6relay.
FILES¶
- /var/run/dhcp6relay.pid
- is the default file that contains pid of the currently
running dhcp6relay.
SEE ALSO¶
dhcp6c(8),
dhcp6s(8)
Ralph Droms, Editor,
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6
(DHCPv6), RFC 3315,
2003.
HISTORY¶
The
dhcp6relay command first appeared in WIDE/KAME IPv6
protocol stack kit.