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.TH ndsend 8 "28 Jun 2011" "OpenVZ" "Containers"
.SH NAME
ndsend \- send a Neighbor Advertisement NDP packet
.SH SYNOPSIS
ndsend \fIaddress\fR \fIinterface\fR
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBndsend\fR utility is called by \fBarpsend\fR(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.
.SH OPTIONS
.TP
\fIaddress\fR
Specify the IPv6 address to be advertised.
.TP
\fIinterface\fR
Specify the network interface to send an advertisement from.
.SH EXIT STATUS
\fBndsend\fR returns 0 upon successful execution. If something goes wrong, it
returns an appropriate error code.
.IP "1 EXC_USAGE"
Usage error
.IP "2 EXC_SYSTEM"
System error
.SH EXAMPLES
To send a Neighbor Advertisement ICMPv6 on interface \fBeth0\fR with IPv6
address \fB2001:DB8::1\fR:
.PP
.EX
ndsend 2001:DB8::1 eth0
.EE
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR arpsend (8),
.BR vzctl (8).
.SH LICENSE
Copyright (C) 2000-2011, Parallels, Inc. Licensed under GNU GPL.
.SH "AUTHOR"
.PP
This manual page was written by Thorsten Schifferdecker <tsd@debian.systs.org>
for the \fBDebian GNU/Linux\fP system (but may be used by others).