How can I see my IPv6 neighbors?
Solution 1:
Short answer:
mir:~ itorres$ ndp -an
Neighbor Linklayer Address Netif Expire St Flgs Prbs
::1 (incomplete) lo0 permanent R
2001:470:95e5:1:3583:ead0:514d:d459 e8:6:88:ca:fd:7c en0 permanent R
2001:470:95e5:1:ea06:88ff:feca:fd7c e8:6:88:ca:fd:7c en0 permanent R
...
Longer answer:
You're in UNIX and you have two great commands: man
(system manual) and apropos
(lookup concepts on manual)
Hence:
mir:~ itorres$ apropos ipv6
Net::CIDR::Lite(3pm) - Perl extension for merging IPv4 or IPv6 CIDR addresses
Net::IP(3pm) - Perl extension for manipulating IPv4/IPv6 addresses
NetAddr::IP(3pm) - Manages IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and subnets
NetAddr::IP::Lite(3pm) - Manages IPv4 and IPv6 addresses and subnets
faith(4) - IPv6-to-IPv4 TCP relay capturing interface
icmp6(4) - Internet Control Message Protocol for IPv6
inet6_opt_init(3), inet6_opt_append(3), inet6_opt_finish(3), inet6_opt_set_val(3), inet6_opt_next(3), inet6_opt_find(3), inet6_opt_get_val(3) - IPv6 Hop-by-Hop and Destination Options manipulation
inet6_option_space(3), inet6_option_init(3), inet6_option_append(3), inet6_option_alloc(3 ), inet6_option_next(3), inet6_option_find(3) - IPv6 Hop-by-Hop and Destination Options manipulation
inet6_rth_space(3), inet6_rth_init(3), inet6_rth_add(3), inet6_rth_reverse(3), inet6_rth_segments(3), inet6_rth_getaddr(3) - IPv6 Routing Header Options manipulation
inet6_rthdr_space(3), inet6_rthdr_init(3), inet6_rthdr_add(3), inet6_rthdr_lasthop(3), inet6_rthdr_reverse(3), inet6_rthdr_segments(3), inet6_rthdr_getaddr(3), inet6_rthdr_getflags(3) - IPv6 Routing Header Options manipulation
ip6(4) - Internet Protocol version 6 (IPv6) network layer
ip6(8) - Enable or disable IPv6 on active interfaces
ip6config(8) - Configure IPv6 and 6to4 IPv6 tunnelling
ip6fw(8) - controlling utility for IPv6 firewall (DEPRECATED)
ndp(8) - control/diagnose IPv6 neighbor discovery protocol
tcllib_ip(n) - IPv4 and IPv6 address manipulation
traceroute6(8) - print the route IPv6 packets will take to a network node
To get more detail about ndp:
mir:~ itorres$ man ndp