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-rw-r--r--Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt27
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
index f350c69b2bb4..c7165f4cb792 100644
--- a/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
+++ b/Documentation/networking/ip-sysctl.txt
@@ -1014,6 +1014,12 @@ conf/interface/*:
1014accept_ra - BOOLEAN 1014accept_ra - BOOLEAN
1015 Accept Router Advertisements; autoconfigure using them. 1015 Accept Router Advertisements; autoconfigure using them.
1016 1016
1017 Possible values are:
1018 0 Do not accept Router Advertisements.
1019 1 Accept Router Advertisements if forwarding is disabled.
1020 2 Overrule forwarding behaviour. Accept Router Advertisements
1021 even if forwarding is enabled.
1022
1017 Functional default: enabled if local forwarding is disabled. 1023 Functional default: enabled if local forwarding is disabled.
1018 disabled if local forwarding is enabled. 1024 disabled if local forwarding is enabled.
1019 1025
@@ -1075,7 +1081,12 @@ forwarding - BOOLEAN
1075 Note: It is recommended to have the same setting on all 1081 Note: It is recommended to have the same setting on all
1076 interfaces; mixed router/host scenarios are rather uncommon. 1082 interfaces; mixed router/host scenarios are rather uncommon.
1077 1083
1078 FALSE: 1084 Possible values are:
1085 0 Forwarding disabled
1086 1 Forwarding enabled
1087 2 Forwarding enabled (Hybrid Mode)
1088
1089 FALSE (0):
1079 1090
1080 By default, Host behaviour is assumed. This means: 1091 By default, Host behaviour is assumed. This means:
1081 1092
@@ -1085,18 +1096,24 @@ forwarding - BOOLEAN
1085 Advertisements (and do autoconfiguration). 1096 Advertisements (and do autoconfiguration).
1086 4. If accept_redirects is TRUE (default), accept Redirects. 1097 4. If accept_redirects is TRUE (default), accept Redirects.
1087 1098
1088 TRUE: 1099 TRUE (1):
1089 1100
1090 If local forwarding is enabled, Router behaviour is assumed. 1101 If local forwarding is enabled, Router behaviour is assumed.
1091 This means exactly the reverse from the above: 1102 This means exactly the reverse from the above:
1092 1103
1093 1. IsRouter flag is set in Neighbour Advertisements. 1104 1. IsRouter flag is set in Neighbour Advertisements.
1094 2. Router Solicitations are not sent. 1105 2. Router Solicitations are not sent.
1095 3. Router Advertisements are ignored. 1106 3. Router Advertisements are ignored unless accept_ra is 2.
1096 4. Redirects are ignored. 1107 4. Redirects are ignored.
1097 1108
1098 Default: FALSE if global forwarding is disabled (default), 1109 TRUE (2):
1099 otherwise TRUE. 1110
1111 Hybrid mode. Same behaviour as TRUE, except for:
1112
1113 2. Router Solicitations are being sent when necessary.
1114
1115 Default: 0 (disabled) if global forwarding is disabled (default),
1116 otherwise 1 (enabled).
1100 1117
1101hop_limit - INTEGER 1118hop_limit - INTEGER
1102 Default Hop Limit to set. 1119 Default Hop Limit to set.