HP-UX Mobile IPv6 A.01.00 Administrator's Guide

Chapter 3

Getting Started with HP-UX Mobile IPv6

HP-UX Mobile IPv6 Deployment Components

The Mobile IPv6 Kernel Module Administration Tool: mip6admin

HP-UX Mobile IPv6 includes a command line administration tool, mip6admin, to administer the HP-UX

Mobile IPv6 kernel-resident STREAMS module, mip6mod. Do not attempt to interface with mip6mod using

anything other than the mip6admin tool. The mip6admin tool requires super-user permissions, and starts

and configures mip6mod with /etc/mip6.conf by default.

The following is a list of the several critical functions mip6admin performs:

• starting and stopping mip6mod instances in the Kernel

• reading mip6mod configuration files and configuring mip6mod

• dynamically-configuring mip6mod (without restarting mip6mod—does not save changes to mip6mod

configuration file)

• reporting mip6mod router advertisement daemon information (value when troubleshooting Mobile IPv6)

You can run mip6admin by executing mip6admin commands from the command line by using options, or you

can start an interactive mip6admin tool session. The mip6admin tool offers the following types of commands:

• commands for starting, stopping, and dynamically-configuring mip6mod (after mip6mod has started and

without restarting mip6mod)

• commands for reporting and resetting mip6mod and rtradvd statistics

• commands for managing interactive mip6admin sessions (i.e., at the mip6admin> prompt)

NOTE Use the man mip6admin command to view the mip6admin (1M) manpage.