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ICMPv4 Router Advertisement and Router Solicitation Messages
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ICMPv4 Router Solicitation Message Format
ICMPv4 Router Solicitation
messages are much simpler, because they only need to convey a single
piece of information: if you are a router and can hear this, please
send a Router Advertisement to me. The format is therefore
just the trivial set of fields shown in Table 99
and Figure 149.
Table 99: ICMPv4 Router Solicitation Message Format
Field
Name
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Size (bytes)
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Description
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Type
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1
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Type: Identifies
the ICMP message type. For Router Solicitation messages the value is
10.
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Code
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1
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Code:
Not used; value set to 0.
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Checksum
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2
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Checksum: 16-bit
checksum field for the ICMP header, as described in the
topic on the ICMP common message format.
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Reserved
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4
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Reserved:
4 reserved bytes sent as 0.
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