Router6

compound module

IPv6 router.

see Router for configuration options

Inheritance diagram

The following diagram shows inheritance relationships for this type. Unresolved types are missing from the diagram.

Known subclasses

Name	Type	Description
HomeAgent6	compound module	IPv6 router Configured to operate as a Home Agent in a network supporting MIPv6.

Extends

Name	Type	Description
NodeBase	compound module	Contains the common lower layers (linklayer and networklayer) of Router, StandardHost, WirelessHost etc.

Parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
hasStatus	bool	false
numExtInterfaces	int	0
numRadios	int	0	the number of radios in the router. by default no wireless
numPcapRecorders	int	0	no of PcapRecorders.
numTunInterfaces	int	0
osgModel	string	""	3D model for OSG visualization, no 3D model by default
osgModelColor	string	""	tint color, no colorization by default
mobilityType	string	numRadios > 0 ? "StationaryMobility" : ""
networkLayerType	string	"IPv6NetworkLayer"
routingTableType	string	"IPv6RoutingTable"
forwarding	bool	true
multicastForwarding	bool	false
energyStorageType	string	""
energyManagementType	string	""
energyGeneratorType	string	""
routes	xml	xml("")

Properties

Name	Value	Description
display	i=abstract/router
networkNode
labels	node

Gates

Name	Direction	Size
radioIn [ ]	input	numRadios
pppg [ ]	inout
ethg [ ]	inout

Unassigned submodule parameters

Name	Type	Default value	Description
status.initialStatus	string	"UP"	TODO @signal, @statistic
routingTable.forwarding	bool
routingTable.multicastForwarding	bool
interfaceTable.displayAddresses	bool	false	whether to display IP addresses on links
pcapRecorder.verbose	bool	false	whether to log packets on the module output
pcapRecorder.pcapFile	string	""	the PCAP file to be written
pcapRecorder.snaplen	int	65535	maximum number of bytes to record per packet
pcapRecorder.dumpBadFrames	bool	true	enable dump of frames with hasBitError
pcapRecorder.moduleNamePatterns	string	"wlan[] eth[] ppp[] ext[]"	space-separated list of sibling module names to listen on
pcapRecorder.sendingSignalNames	string	"packetSentToLower"	space-separated list of outbound packet signals to subscribe to
pcapRecorder.receivingSignalNames	string	"packetReceivedFromLower"	space-separated list of inbound packet signals to subscribe to
pcapRecorder.alwaysFlush	bool	false	flush the pcapFile after each write to ensure that all packets are captured in case of a crash
lo0.lo.interfaceTableModule	string		The path to the InterfaceTable module
lo0.lo.mtu	int	4470B

Source code

//
// IPv6 router.
//
// see ~Router for configuration options
//
module Router6 extends NodeBase
{
    parameters:
        @display("i=abstract/router");
        forwarding = true;
        xml routes = default(xml("<routingTable/>"));
        networkLayerType = "IPv6NetworkLayer";
        routingTableType = "IPv6RoutingTable";
        routingTable.routes = this.routes;
}

File: src/inet/node/ipv6/Router6.ned