fake_advertise6(8)

fake_advertise68

Usage

fake_advertise6 [-DHF] [-Ors] [-n count] [-w seconds] interface ip-address-advertised [target-address [mac-address-advertised [source-ip-address]]]

Options

-n count send how many packets (default: forever)
-w seconds wait time between the packets sent (default: 5)
-m srcmac the srcmac address to send from (not what is advertised!

Options

-O do NOT set the override flag (default: on)
-r DO set the router flag (default: off)
-s DO set the solicitate flag (default: off)

ND Security evasion options (can be combined)

-F full evasion attack (no other evasion options allowed)
-H add a hop-by-hop header
-f add a one shot fragment header (can be specified multiple times)
-D add a large destination header which fragments the packet.

Author

thc-ipv6 was written by van Hauser <[email protected]> / THC

The homepage for this toolkit is: https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6

From thc-ipv6 3.8-4 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.