---
name: "fake_advertise6"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "thc-ipv6"
version: "3.8-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fake_advertise6"
---

# fake\_advertise6(8)

## NAME

**fake\_advertise6**

## SYNOPSIS

fake\_advertise6 \[-DHF\] \[-Ors\] \[-n count\] \[-w seconds\] interface ip-address-advertised \[target-address \[mac-address-advertised \[source-ip-address\]\]\]

Advertise IPv6 address on the network (with own mac if not specified), sending it to the all-nodes multicast address if no target address is set. Source ip address is the address advertised if not set.

## Sending options

  \-n count    send how many packets (default: forever)\
   \-w seconds  wait time between the packets sent (default: 5)\
   \-m srcmac   the srcmac address to send from (not what is advertised!

## Flag options

  \-O  do NOT set the override flag (default: on)\
   \-r  DO set the router flag (default: off)\
   \-s  DO set the solicitate flag (default: off)

## ND Security evasion options (can be combined)

  \-F  full evasion attack (no other evasion options allowed)\
   \-H  add a hop-by-hop header\
   \-f  add a one shot fragment header (can be specified multiple times)\
   \-D  add a large destination header which fragments the packet.

## AUTHOR

thc-ipv6 was written by van Hauser \<vh@thc.org\> / THC

The homepage for this toolkit is: https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6

## COPYRIGHT

fake\_advertise6 3.8 (c) 2020 by van Hauser / THC \<vh@thc.org\> www.github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6