rad8

Usage

Overview

rad is an IPv6 router advertisement daemon. It periodically sends IPv6 router advertisement messages with prefix and default router information. Clients like slaacd(8) use these to configure IPv6 addresses on network interfaces and set default routes. Additionally it listens for IPv6 router solicitation messages and responds with router advertisements.

To have rad enabled at boot time, use “rcctl enable rad”, which sets

rad_flags=""

in rc.conf.local(8).

A running rad can be controlled with the ractl(8) utility.

The options are as follows:

-d

Do not daemonize. If this option is specified, rad will run in the foreground and log to stderr.

-f file

Specify an alternative configuration file.

-n

Configtest mode. Only check the configuration file for validity.

-s socket

Use an alternate location for the default control socket.

-v

Produce more verbose output.

Files

/etc/rad.conf

Default rad configuration file.

/var/run/rad.sock

UNIX-domain socket used for communication with ractl(8).