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| author | Sean Donner <sean.donner@gmail.com> | 2010-05-13 00:38:08 +0200 |
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| committer | Robby Workman <rworkman@slackbuilds.org> | 2010-05-13 00:38:08 +0200 |
| commit | 6ba5faeff93c5be66c8b9d766bb0ebb9e9007ff2 (patch) | |
| tree | f60f45ff0191dcde56ed78bee24c5fcb4fd7f184 /network/radvd/README | |
| parent | 74836a4355f73dc7b9150f9111884e6340fb4cf5 (diff) | |
network/radvd: Updated for version 1.5
Diffstat (limited to 'network/radvd/README')
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1 files changed, 13 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/network/radvd/README b/network/radvd/README index 9dc84d056dbbc..826dea29061f3 100644 --- a/network/radvd/README +++ b/network/radvd/README @@ -1,22 +1,19 @@ The router advertisement daemon (radvd) is run by Linux or BSD systems -acting as IPv6 routers. It sends Router Advertisement messages, -specified by RFC 2461, to a local Ethernet LAN periodically and when -requested by a node sending a Router Solicitation message. These -messages are required for IPv6 stateless autoconfiguration. +acting as IPv6 routers. It sends Router Advertisement messages, specified +by RFC 2461, to a local Ethernet LAN periodically and when requested by a +node sending a Router Solicitation message. These messages are required +for IPv6 stateless autoconfiguration. -Radvd is dependant upon IPv6 support in the Linux Kernel; this comes -enabled by default with Slackware 12's 'generic' kernel. To enable -IPv6 support manually, you must set the following entry in your -kernel's '.config' file and recompile: - CONFIG_IPV6=m +Radvd is dependant upon IPv6 support in the Linux Kernel; this comes enabled +by default with Slackware 13's generic and huge kernels. To enable IPv6 +support manually, you must set the following entry in your custom kernel's +.config file and recompile: CONFIG_IPV6=m -Once the Slackware package is installed, edit /etc/radvd.conf to -reflect your current IPv6 configuration. - -An init script has been provided at /etc/rc.d/rc.radvd. -To have radvd start at each boot, add the following lines to your -/etc/rc.d/rc.local file: - # Start the radvd daemon: +Once the slackware package is installed, edit /etc/radvd.conf to reflect +your current IPv6 configuration. An init script has been provided at +/etc/rc.d/rc.radvd. To have this start upon each boot, add the following +lines to your /etc/rc.d/rc.local file: + ## Start the radvd daemon: if [ -x /etc/rc.d/rc.radvd ]; then /etc/rc.d/rc.radvd start fi |