<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Linux Mobile IPv6 HOWTO</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="intro.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="article" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="ARTICLE" ><DIV CLASS="TITLEPAGE" ><H1 CLASS="title" ><A NAME="AEN2" ></A >Linux Mobile IPv6 HOWTO</H1 ><H3 CLASS="author" ><A NAME="AEN5" >Lars Strand</A ></H3 ><DIV CLASS="affiliation" ><DIV CLASS="address" ><P CLASS="address" ><TT CLASS="email" ><<A HREF="mailto:lars (at) unik no" >lars (at) unik no</A >></TT ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><P CLASS="pubdate" >2004-04-20<BR></P ><DIV CLASS="revhistory" ><TABLE WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" ><TR ><TH ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP" COLSPAN="3" ><B >Revision History</B ></TH ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.2</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-04-20</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: LKS</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Updated links. Changed lisence back to <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html" TARGET="_top" >GFDL</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2004-02-04</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: LKS</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Added "Travelling through several foregin LAN's" and "Returning home". Some cleanup and restructuring.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 1.0</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-12-02</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: TMM</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Reviewed by LDP</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.5.2</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-11-26</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: LKS</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >A lot of cleanup. Thanks to John Levon levon [at] movementarian.org</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.5.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-11-22</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: LKS</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Changed the license from <A HREF="http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html" TARGET="_top" > GFDL </A > to <A HREF="http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/" TARGET="_top" > OPL </A > due to some GFDL <A HREF="http://people.debian.org/~srivasta/Position_Statement.xhtml" TARGET="_top" > problems.</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.5</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-11-18</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: LKS</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Converted to XML Docbook. Some cleanup.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.4</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2002-11-07</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: LKS</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Fixed some errors + update. Thanks to Henrik Petander petander (at) tcs hut fi.</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.3.1</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-11-03</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: LKS</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Updated to MIPL relase 1.0 (kernel 2.4.22).</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revision 0.3</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >2003-08-05</TD ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" >Revised by: LKS</TD ></TR ><TR ><TD ALIGN="LEFT" COLSPAN="3" >Initial release.</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ><DIV ><DIV CLASS="abstract" ><A NAME="AEN63" ></A ><P ></P ><P > This document describes the software and procedures to set up and use mobile IPv6 for Linux. </P ><P ></P ></DIV ></DIV ><HR></DIV ><DIV CLASS="TOC" ><DL ><DT ><B >Table of Contents</B ></DT ><DT >1. <A HREF="intro.html" >Introduction</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >1.1. <A HREF="intro.html#WhatisMIPv6" >What is Mobile IP?</A ></DT ><DT >1.2. <A HREF="intro.html#WhyMIPv6" >Why Mobile IP?</A ></DT ><DT >1.3. <A HREF="intro.html#HowWork" >How does it work?</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >2. <A HREF="ipv6.html" >IPv6</A ></DT ><DT >3. <A HREF="mipv6.html" >Mobile IPv6 for Linux</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >3.1. <A HREF="mipv6.html#patch" >Patching the kernel</A ></DT ><DT >3.2. <A HREF="mipv6.html#userspace" >Userspace tools</A ></DT ><DT >3.3. <A HREF="mipv6.html#dev" >MIPv6 device node</A ></DT ><DT >3.4. <A HREF="mipv6.html#startup" >Automatic startup</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >4. <A HREF="testbed.html" >Test bed</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >4.1. <A HREF="testbed.html#testcase" >Testcase</A ></DT ><DT >4.2. <A HREF="testbed.html#stepbystep" >Step-by-step configuration</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >5. <A HREF="dotest.html" >Doing some tests</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >5.1. <A HREF="dotest.html#pretest" >Pre-test</A ></DT ><DT >5.2. <A HREF="dotest.html#MovDet" >Movement detection</A ></DT ><DT >5.3. <A HREF="dotest.html#ping6" >ping6</A ></DT ><DT >5.4. <A HREF="dotest.html#routeTable" >Kernel IP routing table</A ></DT ><DT >5.5. <A HREF="dotest.html#movement" >Travelling through several foregin LAN's</A ></DT ><DT >5.6. <A HREF="dotest.html#home" >Returning home</A ></DT ><DT >5.7. <A HREF="dotest.html#realLife" >Real life testing - smooth handover</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >6. <A HREF="faq.html" >FAQ</A ></DT ><DT >7. <A HREF="resources.html" >Useful Resources</A ></DT ><DT >8. <A HREF="copyack.html" >Copyright, acknowledgments and miscellaneous</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >8.1. <A HREF="copyack.html#copyright" >Copyright and License</A ></DT ><DT >8.2. <A HREF="copyack.html#produced" >How this document was produced</A ></DT ><DT >8.3. <A HREF="copyack.html#feedback" >Feedback</A ></DT ><DT >8.4. <A HREF="copyack.html#ack" >Acknowledgments</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ><DT >A. <A HREF="gfdl.html" >GNU Free Documentation License</A ></DT ><DD ><DL ><DT >A.1. <A HREF="gfdl-0.html" >PREAMBLE</A ></DT ><DT >A.2. <A HREF="gfdl-1.html" >APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS</A ></DT ><DT >A.3. <A HREF="gfdl-2.html" >VERBATIM COPYING</A ></DT ><DT >A.4. <A HREF="gfdl-3.html" >COPYING IN QUANTITY</A ></DT ><DT >A.5. <A HREF="gfdl-4.html" >MODIFICATIONS</A ></DT ><DT >A.6. <A HREF="gfdl-5.html" >COMBINING DOCUMENTS</A ></DT ><DT >A.7. <A HREF="gfdl-6.html" >COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS</A ></DT ><DT >A.8. <A HREF="gfdl-7.html" >AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS</A ></DT ><DT >A.9. <A HREF="gfdl-8.html" >TRANSLATION</A ></DT ><DT >A.10. <A HREF="gfdl-9.html" >TERMINATION</A ></DT ><DT >A.11. <A HREF="gfdl-10.html" >FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE</A ></DT ><DT >A.12. <A HREF="gfdl-addendum.html" >ADDENDUM: How to use this License for your documents</A ></DT ></DL ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="intro.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" > </TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >Introduction</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >