[Dnsmasq-discuss] dhcpv6

[Vladislav Grishenko]

> From: vase at selfip.ru [mailto:vase at selfip.ru] On Behalf Of Vasiliy Tolstov
> Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2014 3:55 AM
> 
> 2014-09-03 1:52 GMT+04:00 Vladislav Grishenko <themiron at mail.ru>:
> > Hi Vasiliy,
> > Kernel never sends RA, so it's always up to userspace like dnsmasq.
> >
> 
> Please, re-read my question. I'm understand who send ra, but who send NS
> and NA ?

Sorry, misread.
dnsmasq sends unsolicited periodic RA and sends solicited RA in reply to incoming RS from client only.
dnsmasq may send several NS to client in reply to incoming DHCPv6 requests to know its hw address (mac).
All other cases of NS/NA sending and receiving are up to kernel only.

Best Regards, Vladislav Grishenko