MIPV6(7)

💖 MIPV6(7) 💖

okay so this one comes from the Linux Programmer's Manual, and it's here to give you the lowdown on the Mobile IPv6 situation in Linux, bestie. no cap, it's a short one. 🫶

🦋 NAME 🦋

• mipv6 — Linux Mobile IPv6 protocol extensions. that's the whole vibe check 💅

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

#include <netinet/in.h>
#include <netinet/ip6.h>
#include <netinet/icmp6.h>
#include <netinet/ip6mh.h>

🌈 DESCRIPTION 🌈

so Linux 2.6 optionally implements extensions for the Mobile IPv6 protocol in the IPv6 stack. it's giving "extra features, but optional," iykyk ✨

this man page describes extensions to the IPv6 API, proposed in draft-chakrabarti-mobileip-mipext-advapi-02. literally that's the draft name, don't come for me 😭 it's important, keep it.

xoxo, bestie 🫶 this was brought to you by the Linux Man Page, dated 2003-12-24. slay and read the docs 💅🎀