From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933205AbXGLOve (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:51:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756507AbXGLOv2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:51:28 -0400 Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de ([212.227.126.188]:57373 "EHLO moutng.kundenserver.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752863AbXGLOv1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 12 Jul 2007 10:51:27 -0400 Message-ID: <46963FDD.9010900@arcor.de> Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 16:51:09 +0200 From: Sascha Hlusiak User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070618) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Manually invoke IPv6 router solicitation messages X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig5CA497F56A4FED585E029E2D" X-Provags-ID: V01U2FsdGVkX1+fR0CmpkQBSST16Lzs957JM8nQnW/xVs0wCp9 Tqmi2A2R/Pdp1rxcG6sd1Lb6jOcy9RgX/whnIIZvpi0COgXq88 r4hKeWmKJsRVwNQOrdr2w== Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig5CA497F56A4FED585E029E2D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hi, Is there a way to manually make the kernel send IPv6 router solicitation messages? At the moment the kernel will send a few messages after the interface is brought up and then never again, no matter if it succeeded or failed to autoconf the device. Background: I use wpa_supplicant to connect to wireless and I use ifplugd/netplug to manage my wired network. Both tools bring the interface up and immediately the kernel tries to autoconfigure them, even the cable is not plugged in or the wireless connection is not yet established. When the connection is finally brought up, the autoconfig already failed and I have to wait until the router is so nice to send a router advertisement message by itself. Does it make sense to have a syscall or /proc entry that makes the kernel send such a message, or do you suggest having a userspace tool to send those messages when needed? Sascha Hlusiak (Please CC me, since I'm off-list) --------------enig5CA497F56A4FED585E029E2D Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGlj/iOyDtNneHFrMRAiSRAKCXikS9B9hFXikoRHPhtHRA+6ADvgCcCr2u we7KaDQOa3l3zbdtL1i0g1g= =w8C+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig5CA497F56A4FED585E029E2D--