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Diffstat (limited to 'usr.sbin/pim6sd/mtrace6/mtrace6.8')
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diff --git a/usr.sbin/pim6sd/mtrace6/mtrace6.8 b/usr.sbin/pim6sd/mtrace6/mtrace6.8 index 1beab023ef0b..f0b437da1ac1 100644 --- a/usr.sbin/pim6sd/mtrace6/mtrace6.8 +++ b/usr.sbin/pim6sd/mtrace6/mtrace6.8 @@ -50,7 +50,8 @@ a receiver .Sh DESCRIPTION .Nm utilizes a tracing feature implemented in multicast routers that is -accessed via an extension to the MLD protocol. A trace query is +accessed via an extension to the MLD protocol. +A trace query is passed hop-by-hop along the reverse path from the .Ar destination to the @@ -74,7 +75,8 @@ can also be a multicast address that the last hop router joins. .It Fl h Ar hops Set .Ar hops -to the IPv6 hop limit field of query packets. The default is 64. +to the IPv6 hop limit field of query packets. +The default is 64. .It Fl i Ar interface Specifies the local interface (on a multi-homed host) for sending the trace query and as the default for the receiver and the response @@ -83,7 +85,8 @@ destination. Set to .Ar maxhops to the maximum number of hops that will be traced from the receiver -back toward the source. The default is 127 hops. +back toward the source. +The default is 127 hops. .It Fl n Print hop addresses numerically rather than symbolically and numerically (saves a nameserver address-to-name lookup for each router found on @@ -95,14 +98,16 @@ By default, the response will send to the host running .It Fl w Ar waittime Set the time to wait for a trace response to .Ar waittime -seconds. The default is 3 seconds. +seconds. +The default is 3 seconds. .El .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr pim6dd 8 , .Xr pim6sd 8 , .Xr mtrace 8 .Sh BUGS -Multicast trace for IPv6 is experimental. MLD types for query and +Multicast trace for IPv6 is experimental. +MLD types for query and response, and packet format are not officially defined. .Pp .Ar waittime |