NAME

  Test v6LC.2.2.14 - Router Advertisement Processing, Router Lifetime (Hosts Only)
  Part A: Router Lifetime Updated with Same Lifetime

Purpose

  Verify that a host properly processes a Router Advertisement and the Router Lifetime field
  within it.

References

  * [ND]  Section 6.3.4

Resource Requirements

  * Packet generator
  * Monitor to capture packets

Test Setup

  For Part A, Common Test Setup 1.1 is performed. For Parts B and C, Common Test
  Setup 1.2 is performed. The Common Test Cleanup procedure is performed after each part.

Router Advertisement

IPv6 Header Next Header: 58 Source Address: TR1's Link-local Address Destination Address: All-Nodes Multicast Address

Router Advertisement Router Lifetime: 20 seconds Reachable Time: 600 seconds Retransmit Interval: 1 second

Prefix Option Valid Lifetime: 100 seconds Preferred Lifetime: 20 seconds Prefix: TR1's Global Prefix

Procedure

  Part A: Router Lifetime Updated with Same Lifetime
   1. TR1 transmits the Router Advertisement.
   2. TN2 transmits a global Echo Request to the HUT every second for 19 seconds.
   3. Observe the packets transmitted by the HUT.
   4. TR1 transmits the Router Advertisement.
   5. TN2 transmits a global Echo Request to the HUT every second for 21 seconds.
   6. Observe the packets transmitted by the HUT.

Observable Results

  Part A
   Step 3:
   The HUT should respond to the Echo Requests from TN2 using TR1 as a first hop.

   Step 4:
   The HUT should update the Router Lifetime for TR1.

   Step 6:
   The HUT should respond to the Echo Requests from TN2 using TR1 as a first hop
   until the Router Lifetime expires. In response to the final Echo Request, the HUT MUST not
   transmit an Echo Reply or transmit multicast NS's with a target address set to TR1's link-
   local address.

Possible Problems

  * None.