---
name: "thcping6"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "thc-ipv6"
version: "3.8-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/thcping6"
---

# thcping6(8)

## NAME

**thcping6**

## SYNOPSIS

thcping6 \[-EafqxO\] \[-e ethertype\] \[-H t:l:v\] \[-D t:l:v\] \[-F dst\] \[-e ethertype\] \[-L length\] \[-N nextheader\] \[-V version\] \[-t ttl\] \[-c class\] \[-l label\] \[-d size\] \[-S port\|-U port\|-T type -C code\] interface src6 dst6 \[srcmac \[dstmac \[data\]\]\]

## OPTIONS

```
  -T number       ICMPv6 type to send (default: 128 = ping)
  -C number       ICMPv6 code to send (default: 0)
  -S port         use a TCP SYN packet on the defined port instead of ping
  -U port         use a UDP packet on the defined port instead of ping
  -n count        how often to send the packet (default: 1)
  -h              show more command line options (help!)
You can put an "x" into src6, srcmac and dstmac for an automatic value.
Craft a ICMPv6/TCP/UDP packet with special IPv6 or EH header options.
Returns -1 on error or no reply, 0 on normal reply or 1 on error reply.
```

## 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

thcping6 3.8 (c) 2020 by van Hauser / THC \<vh@thc.org\> www.github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6