.\" $OpenBSD: rad.8,v 1.4 2019/01/02 07:45:17 jmc Exp $ .\" .\" Copyright (c) 2018 Florian Obser .\" Copyright (c) 2016 Kenneth R Westerback .\" .\" Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this software for any .\" purpose with or without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above .\" copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies. .\" .\" THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES .\" WITH REGARD TO THIS SOFTWARE INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF .\" MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR .\" ANY SPECIAL, DIRECT, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES OR ANY DAMAGES .\" WHATSOEVER RESULTING FROM LOSS OF USE, DATA OR PROFITS, WHETHER IN AN .\" ACTION OF CONTRACT, NEGLIGENCE OR OTHER TORTIOUS ACTION, ARISING OUT OF .\" OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THIS SOFTWARE. .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: January 2 2019 $ .Dt RAD 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm rad .Nd router advertisement daemon .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm .Op Fl dnv .Op Fl f Ar file .Op Fl s Ar socket .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm is an IPv6 router advertisement daemon. It periodically sends IPv6 router advertisement messages with prefix and default router information. Clients like .Xr 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. .Pp .Nm is usually started at boot time, and can be enabled by setting the following in .Pa /etc/rc.conf.local : .Pp .Dl rad_flags=\&"\&" .Pp See .Xr rc 8 and .Xr rc.conf 8 for more information on the boot process and enabling daemons. .Pp A running .Nm can be controlled with the .Xr ractl 8 utility. .Pp The options are as follows: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl d Do not daemonize. If this option is specified, .Nm will run in the foreground and log to .Em stderr . .It Fl f Ar file Specify an alternative configuration file. .It Fl n Configtest mode. Only check the configuration file for validity. .It Fl s Ar socket Use an alternate location for the default control socket. .It Fl v Produce more verbose output. .El .Sh FILES .Bl -tag -width "/var/run/rad.sockXX" -compact .It Pa /etc/rad.conf Default .Nm configuration file. .It Pa /var/run/rad.sock .Ux Ns -domain socket used for communication with .Xr ractl 8 . .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr rad.conf 5 , .Xr ractl 8 , .Xr slaacd 8 .Sh STANDARDS .Rs .%A R. Draves .%A D. Thaler .%D November 2005 .%R RFC 4191 .%T Default Router Preferences and More-Specific Routes .Re .Pp .Rs .%A R. Hinden .%A S. Deering .%D February 2006 .%R RFC 4291 .%T IP Version 6 Addressing Architecture .Re .Pp .Rs .%A T. Narten .%A E. Nordmark .%A W. Simpson .%A H. Soliman .%D September 2007 .%R RFC 4861 .%T Neighbor Discovery for IP version 6 (IPv6) .Re .Pp .Rs .%A A. Yourtchenko .%A L. Colitti .%D February 2016 .%R RFC 7772 .%T Reducing Energy Consumption of Router Advertisements .Re .Pp .Rs .%A J. Jeong .%A S. Park .%A L. Beloeil .%A S. Madanapalli .%D March 2017 .%R RFC 8106 .%T IPv6 Router Advertisement Options for DNS Configuration .Re .Sh HISTORY The .Nm program first appeared in .Ox 6.4 . .Sh AUTHORS .An -nosplit The .Nm program was written by .An Florian Obser Aq Mt florian@openbsd.org . .Sh CAVEATS When running .Nm on a .Xr carp 4 interface, it is recommended to either disable SOIIs (persistent Semantically Opaque Interface Identifiers) on the interface with .Xr ifconfig 8 , or ensure that all CARP peers have the same SOII key stored in .Pa /etc/soii.key . Otherwise the default IPv6 router's link-local address will change during CARP failover, which temporarily disrupts connectivity of IPv6 autoconf clients.