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Command to Display Prefixes and Default router entries in Linux

From Dheeraj Kandula@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 23 17:10:01 2022

Hi All,
In FreeBSD we have the "ndp -p" and "ndp -r" to display the Prefixes
and the default router entries learned from Router Advertisements.

Is there an equivalent command in Linux?

I tried "ip neighbor" but that doesn't display the entries related to RA.

Dheeraj

<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi All,</div><div> In FreeBSD we have the "ndp -p" and "ndp -r" to display the Prefixes and the default router entries learned from Router Advertisements. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Is there an
equivalent command in Linux?</div><div><br></div><div>I tried "ip neighbor" but that doesn't display the entries related to RA.<br></div><div><br></div><div>Dheeraj<br></div></div>

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From Povl Ole Haarlev Olsen@21:1/5 to Dheeraj Kandula on Thu Jun 23 20:30:01 2022

On Thu, 23 Jun 2022, Dheeraj Kandula wrote:

In FreeBSD we have the "ndp -p" and "ndp -r" to display the Prefixes
and the default router entries learned from Router Advertisements.

Is there an equivalent command in Linux?

I tried "ip neighbor" but that doesn't display the entries related to RA.

Maybe "ip -6 route" has (some of) what you're looking for?

--
Povl Ole

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From Dheeraj Kandula@21:1/5 to All on Thu Jun 23 21:20:01 2022

Thanks Povl.

In the "ip neighbor" output, I see entries listed with "router". Maybe it
is a RA Default router learnt entry.

Dheeraj

On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 1:25 PM Povl Ole Haarlev Olsen <[email protected]>
wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jun 2022, Dheeraj Kandula wrote:

In FreeBSD we have the "ndp -p" and "ndp -r" to display the Prefixes and the default router entries learned from Router Advertisements.

Is there an equivalent command in Linux?

I tried "ip neighbor" but that doesn't display the entries related to RA.

Maybe "ip -6 route" has (some of) what you're looking for?

--
Povl Ole

<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks Povl. <br></div><div><br></div><div>In the "ip neighbor" output, I see entries listed with "router". Maybe it is a RA Default router learnt entry.</div><div><br></div><div>Dheeraj<br></div></div><br><div
class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 1:25 PM Povl Ole Haarlev Olsen <<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-
left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">On Thu, 23 Jun 2022, Dheeraj Kandula wrote:<br>
> In FreeBSD we have the "ndp -p" and "ndp -r" to display the Prefixes<br>
> and the default router entries learned from Router Advertisements.<br> ><br>
> Is there an equivalent command in Linux?<br>
><br>
> I tried "ip neighbor" but that doesn't display the entries related to RA.<br>

Maybe "ip -6 route" has (some of) what you're looking for?<br>

-- <br>
Povl Ole<br>
</blockquote></div>

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From =?utf-8?Q?Bj=C3=B8rn_Mork?=@21:1/5 to Dheeraj Kandula on Fri Jun 24 10:10:01 2022

Dheeraj Kandula <[email protected]> writes:

Thanks Povl.

In the "ip neighbor" output, I see entries listed with "router". Maybe it
is a RA Default router learnt entry.

Nope. That's the 'router' flag in the neigbour advertisment. Lots of
systems will set this flag without sending RAs. Linux will set it if
forwarding is enable on the interface where the NA is going out.

From net/ipv6/addrconf.c:

/* send unsolicited NA if enabled */
if (send_na &&
(ifp->idev->cnf.ndisc_notify ||
dev_net(dev)->ipv6.devconf_all->ndisc_notify)) {
ndisc_send_na(dev, &in6addr_linklocal_allnodes, &ifp->addr,
/*router=*/ !!ifp->idev->cnf.forwarding,
/*solicited=*/ false, /*override=*/ true,
/*inc_opt=*/ true);
}

Bjørn

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From Dheeraj Kandula@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri Jun 24 17:10:02 2022

Thanks, Bjorn for the response.

The R flag is set in the NA as the sender is a router.

Dheeraj

On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 4:08 AM Bjørn Mork <[email protected]> wrote:

Dheeraj Kandula <[email protected]> writes:

Thanks Povl.

In the "ip neighbor" output, I see entries listed with "router". Maybe it is a RA Default router learnt entry.

Nope. That's the 'router' flag in the neigbour advertisment. Lots of systems will set this flag without sending RAs. Linux will set it if forwarding is enable on the interface where the NA is going out.

From net/ipv6/addrconf.c:

/* send unsolicited NA if enabled */
if (send_na &&
(ifp->idev->cnf.ndisc_notify ||
dev_net(dev)->ipv6.devconf_all->ndisc_notify)) {
ndisc_send_na(dev, &in6addr_linklocal_allnodes, &ifp->addr,
/*router=*/ !!ifp->idev->cnf.forwarding,
/*solicited=*/ false, /*override=*/ true,
/*inc_opt=*/ true);
}

Bjørn

<div dir="ltr"><div>Thanks, Bjorn for the response. <br></div><div><br></div><div>The R flag is set in the NA as the sender is a router. <br></div><div><br></div><div>Dheeraj<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">
On Fri, Jun 24, 2022 at 4:08 AM Bjørn Mork <<a href="mailto:[email protected]">[email protected]</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Dheeraj Kandula &
lt;<a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank">[email protected]</a>> writes:<br>

> Thanks Povl.<br>
><br>
> In the "ip neighbor" output, I see entries listed with "router". Maybe it<br>
> is a RA Default router learnt entry.<br>

Nope. That's the 'router' flag in the neigbour advertisment. Lots of<br>
systems will set this flag without sending RAs. Linux will set it if<br> forwarding is enable on the interface where the NA is going out.<br>

>From net/ipv6/addrconf.c:<br>

/* send unsolicited NA if enabled */<br>
if (send_na &&<br>
(ifp->idev->cnf.ndisc_notify ||<br>
dev_net(dev)->ipv6.devconf_all->ndisc_notify)) {<br> ndisc_send_na(dev, &in6addr_linklocal_allnodes, &ifp->addr,<br>
/*router=*/ !!ifp->idev->cnf.forwarding,<br>
/*solicited=*/ false, /*override=*/ true,<br>
/*inc_opt=*/ true);<br>
}<br>

Bjørn<br>

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