dhcp6relay (8) - Linux Manuals

dhcp6relay: DHCPv6 relay agent

NAME

dhcp6relay - DHCPv6 relay agent

SYNOPSIS

[-Ddf ] [-b boundaddr ] [-H hoplim ] [-r relay-IF ] [-s serveraddr ] [-S script-file ] [-p pid-file ] interface ...

DESCRIPTION

acts as an intermediary to deliver DHCPv6 messages between clients and servers, and is on the same link as a client. needs command line arguments interface ... which specifies the list of links accommodating clients.

Options supported by are:

-d
Print debugging messages.
-D
Even more debugging information is printed.
-f
Foreground mode (useful when debugging). Although 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 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 .

FILES

/var/run/dhcp6relay.pid
is the default file that contains pid of the currently running .

HISTORY

The command first appeared in WIDE/KAME IPv6 protocol stack kit.

SEE ALSO

dhcp6c(8), dhcp6s(8)
Ralph Droms, Editor 2003 Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6 (DHCPv6) RFC 3315