PIM6DD(8) BSD System Manager's Manual PIM6DD(8)NAMEpim6dd - PIM for IPv6 dense mode daemon
SYNOPSISpim6dd [-c configfile] [-d [debug_level [,debug_level]]]
DESCRIPTIONpim6dd is an IPv6 multicast routing daemon, which supports PIMv2(Protocol
Independent Multicast Version 2) dense mode for IPv6.
Options supported by pim6dd:
-c configfile
Specify alternate location, configfile, for configuration file.
By default, /usr/local/v6/etc/pim6dd.conf is used.
-d Specify debug levels. If this option is specified without any ar-
guments, all debug messages will be printed out. A subset of the
messages to be printed out can be specified as arguments of the
option. Valid debug levels are timeout, packets, interfaces,
kernel, mfc, pim_detail, pim_hello, kernel, mfc, pim_detail,
pim_hello, pim_jp, pim_graft, pim_asserts, pim_routes,
pim_timers, rpf, pim, routes, routers, timers, and asserts.
pim6dd automatically configures itself to forward on all multicast-capa-
ble interfaces, i.e., interfaces that have the IFF_MULTICAST flag set
(excluding the "loopback interface" and interaces that do not have an
IPv6 address). To override the default configuration, configuration com-
mands may be placed in /usr/local/v6/etc/pim6dd.conf (or an alternative
file, specified by the `-c' option). Note that pim6dd ignores interfaces
that do not have an IPv6 address. Such interfaces should not appear in
the configuration file.
FILES
/usr/local/v6/etc/pim6dd.conf The default configuration file.
SEE ALSOdaemon(3), pim6dd.conf(5)HISTORY
The pim6dd command is based on pimdd, which is an IPv4 multicast routing
daemon developed at the University of Oregon. pimdd has been derived
from PIM sparse-mode pimd developed at University of Southern California.
Part of these two programs above has also been derived from mrouted.
mrouted is COPYRIGHT 1989 by The Board of Trustees of Leland Stanford Ju-
nior University.
BUGSpim6dd does not contain any unicast routing engine, so a unicast routing
daemon needs to run on the system.
The kernel unicast routing table is periodically polled by pim6dd in or-
der to follow changes of existing unicast routes.
pim6dd must be used on an IPv6 router. Be sure to set
net.inet6.ip6.forwarding variable to 1 with sysctl(8).
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