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NDP Router Advertisement (ndp_ra)

  • Layer: L3 (network)
  • Header: variable length

Reached from

Lower layerSelectorValue
icmpv6type134 (0x86)

Fields

FieldTypeDefaultAutoDescription
cur_hop_limituint(8)64Hop limit that hosts should use (0 = unspecified).
muint(1)0Managed address configuration flag (M).
ouint(1)0Other configuration flag (O).
reserveduint(6)0Reserved, 0.
router_lifetimeuint(16)1800Lifetime of the default router in seconds (0 = not a default router).
reachable_timeuint(32)0Reachable time in milliseconds (0 = unspecified).
retrans_timeruint(32)0Retransmission timer in milliseconds (0 = unspecified).
optionsbytes — rest of the PDURaw NDP options (TLV).

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