show ipv6 destination cache on BSD host

Nick Hilliard nick at inex.ie
Thu Jan 30 21:13:20 CET 2014


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> On 30 Jan 2014, at 18:12, Matjaz Straus Istenic <matjaz at njetwork.si> wrote:
> 
> Hi list!
> 
> I'm struggling to find a way to display IPv6 destination cache on a FreeBSD or UNIX (not Linux) system. 
> 
> This is the way on Linux:
> ip -6 route get <address>
> 
> Mac OS X:
> netstat -f inet6 -narlW
> 
> ...and Windows:
> netsh interface ipv6 show destinationcache
> 
> ...but on FreeBSD (I've tried with 9 and 10), netstat -narlW does not show any entries despite the local routes. On OS X option -a does the trick, but on FreeBSD I see no difference in output with or without -a.
> 
> Is there any other option for a BSD machine to figure out the Path MTU value for a certain IPv6 destination? OK, except tcpdump, of course ;-).
> 
> Any hint is appreciated!
> Thanks!
> 
> Kind regards,
>    Matjaž



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