thcping6(8)

thcping68

Usage

thcping6 [-EafqxO] [-e ethertype] [-H t:l:v] [-D t:l:v] [-F dst] [-e ethertype] [-L length] [-N nextheader] [-V version] [-t ttl] [-c class] [-l label] [-d size] [{-S port | -U port | -T type -C code}] interface src6 dst6 [srcmac [dstmac [data]]]

Options

  -T number       ICMPv6 type to send (default: 128 = ping)
  -C number       ICMPv6 code to send (default: 0)
  -S port         use a TCP SYN packet on the defined port instead of ping
  -U port         use a UDP packet on the defined port instead of ping
  -n count        how often to send the packet (default: 1)
  -h              show more command line options (help!)
You can put an "x" into src6, srcmac and dstmac for an automatic value.
Craft a ICMPv6/TCP/UDP packet with special IPv6 or EH header options.
Returns -1 on error or no reply, 0 on normal reply or 1 on error reply.

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.