---
name: "ndsend"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "vzctl"
version: "4.9.4-6"
release: "Debian 10 (Buster)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/ndsend"
---

# ndsend(8)

send a Neighbor Advertisement NDP packet

## NAME

ndsend - send a Neighbor Advertisement NDP packet

## SYNOPSIS

**ndsend** *address interface*

## DESCRIPTION

The **ndsend** utility is called by [**arpsend**(8)](/arpsend/8.md) for IPv6 addresses to send an unsolicited Neighbor Advertisement ICMPv6 multicast packet announcing a given IPv6 address to all IPv6 nodes as per RFC4861.

## OPTIONS

- *address*

  Specify the IPv6 address to be advertised.

- *interface*

  Specify the network interface to send an advertisement from.

## EXIT STATUS

**ndsend** returns 0 upon successful execution. If something goes wrong, it returns an appropriate error code:

- **1 EXC\_USAGE**

  Usage error

- **2 EXC\_SYSTEM**

  System error

## EXAMPLES

To send a Neighbor Advertisement ICMPv6 on interface **eth0** with IPv6 address **2001:DB8::1**:

```
   ndsend 2001:DB8::1 eth0
```

## SEE ALSO

[**arpsend**(8)](/arpsend/8.md), [**vzctl**(8)](/vzctl/8.md).

## LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2000-2011, Parallels, Inc. Licensed under GNU GPL.

## AUTHOR

This manual page was initially written by Thorsten Schifferdecker \<tsd@debian.systs.org\> for the **Debian GNU/Linux** system (but may be used by others).