The following IPv6 RFCs are supported:
IPv6 RFC |
Description |
---|---|
RFC 1981 |
Path MTU Discovery for IPv6 |
RFC 2292 |
Advanced Sockets API for IPv6 |
RFC 2373 |
IPv6 Addressing Architecture: supports node required addresses, and conforms to the scope requirement. |
RFC 2374 |
An IPv6 Aggregatable Global Unicast Address Format supports 64-bit length of Interface ID |
RFC 2375 |
IPv6 Multicast Address Assignments Userland applications use the well known addresses assigned in the RFC |
RFC 2460 |
IPv6 specification |
RFC 2461 |
Neighbor discovery for IPv6 |
RFC 2462 |
IPv6 Stateless Address Autoconfiguration |
RFC 2463 |
ICMPv6 for IPv6 specification |
RFC 2464 |
Transmission of IPv6 Packets over Ethernet Networks |
RFC 2553 |
Basic Socket Interface Extensions for IPv6. IPv4 mapped address and special behavior of IPv6 wild card bind socket are supported |
RFC 2675 |
IPv6 Jumbograms |
RFC 2710 |
Multicast Listener Discovery for IPv6 |
The following utilities are available with IPv6 functionality:
Command |
Description |
---|---|
ifconfig |
Assign address to network interface and configure interface parameters |
netstat |
Symbolically displays contents of various network-related data structures |
ndp |
Symbolically displays the contents of the Neighbor Discovery cache |
route |
Manually manipulate the network routing tables |
ping6 |
Elicit an ICMP6_ECHO_REPLY from a host or gateway |
rtsol |
Send only one Router Solicitation message to the specified interface and exit |
rtsold |
Send ICMPv6 Router Solicitation messages to the specified interfaces |
gifconfig |
Configures the physical address for the generic IP tunnel interface |
ftp |
Transfer files to and from a remote network site |
tftp |
Transfer files to and from a remote machine |
For a full description of the implementation of IPv6 in the ChorusOS operating system, see "IPv6 and the ChorusOS System" in ChorusOS 5.0 System Administrator's Guide.