NAME
dhcp6relay - DHCPv6 relay agent
SYNOPSIS
dhcp6relay [-Ddf] [-b boundaddr] [-H hoplim] [-r relay-IF]
[-s serveraddr] [-S script-file] [-p pid-file] interface ...
DESCRIPTION
dhcp6relay acts as an intermediary to deliver DHCPv6 messages between
clients and servers, and is on the same link as a client. dhcp6relay
needs command line arguments interface ..., which specifies the list of
links accommodating clients.
Options supported by dhcp6relay are:
-d Print debugging messages.
-D Even more debugging information is printed.
-f Foreground mode (useful when debugging). Although dhcp6relay
usually prints warning, debugging, or error messages to
syslog(8), it prints the messages to standard error if this
option is specified.
-b boundaddr
Specifies the source address to relay packets to servers (or
other agents).
-H hoplim
Specifies the hop limit of DHCPv6 Solicit messages forwarded to
servers.
-r relay-IF
Specifies the interface on which messages to servers are sent.
When omitted, the same interface as interface will be used. When
multiple interface are specified, this option cannot be omitted.
-s serveraddr
Specifies the DHCPv6 server address to relay packets to. If not
specified, packets are relayed to ff05::1:3 (All DHCPv6 servers).
-S script-file
Specifies the script file to be executed when dhcp6relay receives
a RELAY-REPLY message from a DHCPv6 server. Further detail of
the script file syntax is available in dhcp6c(8)
-p pid-file
Use pid-file to dump the process ID of dhcp6relay.
FILES
/var/run/dhcp6relay.pid is the default file that contains pid of the
currently running dhcp6relay.
SEE ALSO
dhcp6c(8), dhcp6s(8)
Ralph Droms, Editor, Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol for IPv6
(DHCPv6), RFC 3315, 2003.
HISTORY
The dhcp6relay command first appeared in WIDE/KAME IPv6 protocol stack
kit.