Packet IPv6RouterAdvertisement

File: src/inet/networklayer/icmpv6/IPv6NDMessage.msg

C++ definition

Router Advertisement Message Format RFC 2461 Section 4.2 RFC 3775 Section 7.1, RFC 5175 Section 3. (homeAgentFlag)

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Extends:

Name	Type	Description
IPv6NDMessage	packet	Neighbour Discovery for IPv6. RFC 2461

Fields:

Name	Type	Description
curHopLimit	unsigned short	Additional ICMP fields
managedAddrConfFlag	bool	M-bit
otherStatefulConfFlag	bool	O-bit
homeAgentFlag	bool	H-bit
routerLifetime	unsigned short	0 indicates router is not a default router
reachableTime	unsigned int
retransTimer	unsigned int
sourceLinkLayerAddress	MACAddress	Possible Options
MTU	unsigned int	MTU option
prefixInformation	IPv6NDPrefixInformation[]	Prefix Information Option
advInterval	MIPv6NDAdvertisementInterval	New Advertisement Interval Option (MIPv6)
haInformation	MIPv6HAInformation	New Home Agent Information Option (MIPv6)
code	int	customize=true;
type	int	int code; //TODO: this should be specific to different ICMP types.

Source code:

//
// Router Advertisement Message Format
// RFC 2461 Section 4.2
// RFC 3775 Section 7.1, RFC 5175 Section 3. (homeAgentFlag)
//
packet IPv6RouterAdvertisement extends IPv6NDMessage
{
    //Additional ICMP fields
    unsigned short curHopLimit;
    bool managedAddrConfFlag;    //M-bit
    bool otherStatefulConfFlag;    //O-bit
    bool homeAgentFlag = false;        //H-bit
    unsigned short routerLifetime;  // 0 indicates router is not a default router
    unsigned int reachableTime;
    unsigned int retransTimer;

    //Possible Options
    MACAddress sourceLinkLayerAddress;        //source link layer option
    unsigned int MTU;                //MTU option
    IPv6NDPrefixInformation prefixInformation[];    //Prefix Information Option
    MIPv6NDAdvertisementInterval advInterval;    //New Advertisement Interval Option (MIPv6)
    MIPv6HAInformation haInformation;    //New Home Agent Information Option (MIPv6)
}