radvd-gael
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Details for radvd-gael
Package name
- radvd-gael
License
- BSD-4-Clause
Last updated
- 26 May 2026 - latest/stable
- 7 September 2026 - latest/edge
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Router Advertisement Daemon
This is NOT an original piece of work, just a snap of radvd
The Router Advertisement Daemon (radvd) is an open-source software product that implements link-local advertisements of IPv6 router addresses and IPv6 routing prefixes using the Neighbor Discovery Protocol (NDP) as specified in RFC 2461.
This product includes software developed by the authors which are mentioned at the start of the source files and other contributors.
Authors of radvd
- Lars Fenneberg lf@elemental.net
First use
Grant firewall-control to radvd-gael to the daemon (mandatory)
sudo snap connect radvd-gael:firewall-controlGrant network-control to radvd-gael to radvdump (optional)
sudo snap connect radvd-gael:network-controlConfigure radvd daemon
sudo vi /var/snap/radvd-gael/current/radvd.confRestart the service
sudo systemctl restart snap.radvd-gael.radvd.serviceCheck the logs
sudo snap logs radvd-gael.radvdDump ICMPv6 packets
sudo radvd-gael.radvdumporsudo tcpdump -n -i <<YOUR_INTERFACE>> icmp6
2026-05-26
- v2.21 on amd64, armhf & arm64
- All the details are here https://github.com/radvd-project/radvd/releases/tag/v2.21
2025-04-27
- Improvements, up to git commit 878ca6b (2025-04-25)
- Increase max AdvDefaultLifetime and MaxRtrAdvInterval (RFC8319 support)
2024-12-31
- v2.20 on amd64, armhf & arm64
2024-10-31
- radvd-gael will now use core24 as most users are on Ubuntu 24.04
2024-03-06
- radvd-gael version 2.20-rc.1 promoted to stable after 4 months of edge testing
2023-07-26
- radvd-gael will now use core22 as most users are on Ubuntu 22.04
2022-10-03
- Improvements, up to git commit c8a11fd (2022-09-08)
- Fix case of AdvValidLifetime option
2022-07-10
- Improvements, up to git commit a646066 (2022-07-08)
- Add pref64 support (RFC8781)
2022-06-30
- Improvements, up to git commit b0cb5a2 (2022-06-30)
- Change RDNSS and DNSSL lifetime default values
2022-06-11
- Improvements, up to git commit e1f9dbc (2022-06-11)
- Add IPV6_DROP_MEMBERSHIP to clean up resources when reload or restart
2022-05-31
- Improvements, up to git commit 16e1139 (2022-03-20)
2021-03-22
- First release of radvd-gael v2.19 on amd64, armhf & arm64
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