ndsend(8)                         Containers                         ndsend(8)



NAME
       ndsend - sends an unsolicited Neighbor Advertisement ICMPv6 multicast
       packet.

SYNOPSIS
       ndsend address interface

DESCRIPTION
       The ndsend utility is called by arpsend(8) for IPv6 addresses to send
       an unsolicited Neighbor Advertisement ICMPv6 multicast packet
       announcing a given IPv6 address to all IPv6 nodes as per RFC4861.

OPTIONS
       address
              Specify the IPv6 address to be advertised.

       interface
              Specify the network interface to send an advertisement from.

DIAGNOSTICS
       ndsend returns 0 upon successful execution. If something goes wrong, it
       returns an appropriate error code.

       1  EXC_USAGE
              Usage error

       2  EXC_SYSTEM
              System error

EXAMPLES
       To send a Neighbor Advertisement ICMPv6 on interface eth0 with IPv6
       address 2001:DB8::1:

       ndsend 2001:DB8::1 eth0

SEE ALSO
       arpsend(8), vzctl(8).

LICENSE
       Copyright (C) 2000-2011, Parallels, Inc. Licensed under GNU GPL.

AUTHOR
       This manual page was written by Thorsten Schifferdecker
       <tsd@debian.systs.org> for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used
       by others).



OpenVZ                            4 May 2011                         ndsend(8)