ip6_setup(8) System Manager's Manual ip6_setup(8)NAME
ip6_setup - IPv6 configuration program
SYNOPSIS
/usr/sbin/ip6_setup
DESCRIPTION
The ip6_setup utility allows you to configure the IPv6 networking software on your system.
To run ip6_setup, enter the following command and then answer the questions: # ip6_setup
You must know your Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) address. If your network uses subnet routing, you must know the subnet mask for your
network. The network manager should be able to provide you with the information that you need.
After the ip6_setup command completes, the network services on the system can be restarted manually with the following command: #
/usr/sbin/rcinet restart
Before you restart the network services with the preceding command, warn the users that the network services on the system are being
removed. File systems that were not mounted using the /etc/fstab file or the automount command must be unmounted with the unmount command.
You must remount these file systems using the mount command after the network is started on your system.
Alternatively, you can reboot the system with the following command: # /usr/sbin/shutdown -r now
FILES
Specifies the host name file. Specifies the environment variables that define the network configuration on your system. Specifies the
trusted hosts file. Specifies the network name file. Specifies Internet routing information. Specifies Internet routing information.
SEE ALSO
Commands: mount(8), rcinet(8)
Files: gateways(4), hosts(4), hosts.equiv(4), networks(4), routes(4).
Network Administration
ip6_setup(8)
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sys_attrs_ipv6(5) File Formats Manual sys_attrs_ipv6(5)NAME
sys_attrs_ipv6 - ipv6 subsystem attributes
DESCRIPTION
This reference page lists and describes attributes for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (ipv6) kernel subsystem. Refer to the sys_attrs(5)
reference page for an introduction to the topic of kernel subsystem attributes.
A value that enables (1) or disables (0) rate-limiting of ICMPv6 errors (see RFC 2463).
Default value: 1 (enabled)
The maximum time, in milliseconds, to wait before sending ICMPv6 error packets to a particular destination IPv6 address.
Default value: 1000 (milliseconds)
Minimum value: 1
Maximum value: LONG_MAX, or 9 quintillion
The minimum time, in milliseconds, to wait before sending ICMPv6 error packets to a particular destination IPv6 address.
Default value: 100 (milliseconds)
Minimum value: 1
Maximum value: LONG_MAX, or 9 quintillion
The number of packets to send before starting the ICMPv6 error packet rate-limiting timers.
Default value: 10 (packets)
Minimum value: 0
Maximum value: INT_MAX, or 2 billion
A value that enables (1) or disables (0) a system's ability to forward IPv6 packets that are not addressed to the system. This
functionality is usually enabled by using the /usr/sbin/ip6_setup command.
Default value: 0 (disabled)
For systems functioning as routers, both ipv6forwarding and ipv6router attributes must be 1. For IPv6 hosts that want to forward
source routed packets, the ipv6forwarding attribute must be 1.
A value that enables (1) or disables (0) a system's ability to forward IPV6 packets that are not addressed to the system. This
functionality is usually enabled by using the /usr/sbin/ip6_setup command. When enabled, Neighbor Advertisements from the system
have the IsRouter flag set (see RFC 2461).
Default value: 0 (disabled)
For systems functioning as routers, both ipv6forwarding and ipv6router attributes must be 1.
SEE ALSO sys_attrs(5)
RFC 2461, Neighbor Discovery for IP Version 6 (IPv6), Narten, T., Nordmark, E., December 1998
RFC 2463, Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMPv6) for the Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6), Conta, A., Deering, S., December 1998
sys_attrs_ipv6(5)