Test v6LC.2.3.5 - Redirected to Alternate Router: Suspicious (Hosts only)
Part B: Reserved Field is Non-zero
Verify that a host properly processes suspicious Redirect messages when redirected on-link.
* [ND] Sections 4.5, 4.6.3, 8.1, and 8.3
* Packet generator
* Monitor to capture packets
The following setup procedure is performed before each Part:
a) Perform Common Setup 1.1.
b) TR2 transmits an Echo Request to the HUT's link-local address. TR2 responds to any
Neighbor Solicitations from the HUT with a Neighbor Advertisement with the solicited bit set to
1 causing the HUT to update it's NCE for TR2 to sate REACHABLE.
The Common Test Cleanup Procedure is performed after each part.
Part B: Reserved Field is Non-zero
6. TR1 forwards an Echo Request to the HUT. The Source Address is the off-link global address of
TN1. The Destination Address is the global address of the HUT.
7. Observe the packets transmitted by the HUT.
8. TR1 transmits a Redirect message to the HUT. The ICMPv6 Destination Address is the global
address of TN1. The Target Address is the link-local address of TR2. The Redirect message
contains a Target Link-layer Address option. The Redirect message also contains a non-zero
Reserved field.
9. TR1 forwards an Echo Request to the HUT. The Source Address is the off-link global address of
TN1. The Destination Address is the global address of the HUT.
10. Observe the packets transmitted by the HUT.
Parts A-B
In all Parts, the HUT should respond to the first Echo Request using TR1 as a first hop. The
HUT should respond to the second Echo Request using TR2 as a first hop, indicating the
HUT processed the Redirect message.
* None.