---
name: "flood_router26"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "thc-ipv6"
version: "3.8-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/flood_router26"
---

# flood\_router26(8)

## NAME

**flood\_router26**

## SYNOPSIS

flood\_router26 \[-HFD\] \[-sSG\] \[-RPA\] interface \[target\]

Flood the local network with router advertisements. Each packet contains ~25 prefix and route enries

## Modes

  default  sends both routing entries and prefix information\
   \-R       does only send routing entries, no prefix information\
   \-P       does only send prefix information, no routing entries\
   \-A       an attack to disable privacy extensions

## OPTIONS

```
  -a       add a hopbyhop header with router alert
  -H       add a hopbyhop header to bypass RA guard security
  -f       add an atomic fragment header to bypass RA guard security
  -D       add a large destination header to bypass RA guard security
  -F       perform full RA guard evasion (disallows all other bypass options)
  -s       use small lifetimes, resulting in a more devasting impact
  -S       performs a slow start, which can increases the impact
  -G       gigantic packet of 64kb of prefix/route entries
  -m       add DHCPv6 managed/other flags to RA
```

## 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

flood\_router26 3.8 (c) 2020 by van Hauser / THC \<vh@thc.org\> www.github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6