System Administration Guide, Volume 3

Monitoring IPv6 Task Map

Table 17-2 Monitoring IPv6 Task Map

Task 

Description 

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Display interface address assignments 

Displays all, or just IPv4, or just IPv6 address assignments using ifconfig command.

"How to Display Interface Address Assignments"

Display network status 

Displays all sockets and routing table entries, inet address family for IPv4, inet6 address family for IPv6, and statistics per interface IPv6/ICMPv6 counters using netstat command.

"How to Display Network Status"

Control the display output of IPv6 related commands 

Controls the output of the ping, netstat, ifconfig, and traceroute commands by creating a file named inet_type and setting the DEFAULT_IP variable in it.

"How to Control the Display Output of IPv6 Related Commands"

Monitor only IPv6 network traffic 

Displays all IPv6 packets using the snoop command.

"How to Monitor Only IPv6 Network Traffic"

Probe all multihomed host addresses 

Checks all addresses using the ping command.

"How to Probe All Multihomed Host Addresses"

Trace all routes 

Uses the traceroute command.

"How to Trace All Routes"