Mobile IPv6 A.01.00 Administrator's Guide

Chapter 7
Troubleshooting HP-UX Mobile IPv6
Verifying Common Mobile IPv6 Functions
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Verifying Common Mobile IPv6 Functions
The information in the following sections describe the procedures for verifying common Mobile IPv6
functions. Refer to the previous sections in this chapter for general information about troubleshooting HP-UX
Mobile IPv6.
Verifying Binding Updates Sent to Home Agents
Use the following procedure to verify the Binding Update messages sent from a Mobile Node to the Home
Agent:
Step 1. Attach a Mobile Node to a foreign network.
Step 2. Allow the Mobile Node to send a Binding Update message to the Home Agent and register from the
foreign network.
Step 3. Use mip6admin -bindings [
-l mobile node home address
] to verify the Mobile Node’s binding
cache entry in mip6mod.
Verifying Binding Updates Sent to Correspondent Nodes
Use the following procedure to verify the Binding Update messages sent from a Mobile Node to Mobile IPv6
Correspondent Nodes:
Step 1. Attach a Mobile Node to a foreign network.
Step 2. Allow the Mobile Node to send a Binding Update message to the Home Agent and register from the
foreign network.
Step 3. Use a Correspondent Node to ping the Mobile Node and generate traffic.
Step 4. Use mip6admin -bindings [
-l mobile node home address
] to verify the Mobile Node’s binding
cache entry in mip6mod.