From: "Wiles, Keith" <keith.wiles@intel.com>
To: Stefano Salsano <stefano.salsano@uniroma2.it>
Cc: "users@dpdk.org" <users@dpdk.org>
Subject: Re: [dpdk-users] generate ipv6 packets with pktgen
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2018 13:24:55 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ADE73C4A-0939-493C-AC07-4C3BF5F30AAE@intel.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <f1cab9cf-fdd9-deed-565b-d448ac9daad9@uniroma2.it>
> On Jun 15, 2018, at 6:52 PM, Stefano Salsano <stefano.salsano@uniroma2.it> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I need to generate IPv6 packets with pktgen, but I am NOT able to set the IPv6 src and dst address
>
> when I only change the packet type of port 0 to IPv6
>
> Pktgen:/> set 0 type ipv6
> Pktgen:/> start 0
>
> pktgen sends IPv6 packets with meaningless IPv6 addresses
> here is the tcpdump output:
> 18:23:37.777126 IP6 ::101:a8c0:0:0.0 > ::101:a8c0:0:0.0: Flags [.], ack 1, win 8192, length 0
>
> but if I try to set the src and dst addresses:
>
> Pktgen:/> set 0 dst ip 2000::1
> Pktgen:/> set 0 src ip 2000::2/64
>
> the IP (v4) addresses in the main page display are zeroed:
> Dst IP Address : 0.0.0.0
> Src IP Address : 0.0.0.0
>
> and when I ask to generate packets
> Pktgen:/> start 0
>
> pktgen sends IPv6 packets with "zeroed" addresses
> 18:48:42.475672 IP6 ::.0 > ::.0: Flags [.], ack 1, win 8192, length 0
>
> is it possible to set the IPv6 addresses?
The IPv6 address is suppose to be constructed using the IPv4 address, but I guess I did not get that right. I will have to look into the problem unless you would like to fix the problem as I can take patches.
>
> thank you
> Stefano
>
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Regards,
Keith
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2018-06-15 23:52 Stefano Salsano
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2018-06-16 19:06 ` Stefano Salsano
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