Internet Control Message Protocol version 6 (ICMPv6)

See ICMP page for ICMP version 4.

ICMPv6 is used by IPv6 nodes to report errors encountered in processing packets, and to perform other internet-layer functions, such as diagnostics (ICMPv6 "ping"). ICMPv6 is an integral part of IPv6, and the base protocol must be fully implemented by every IPv6 node.

History

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Protocol dependencies

• IPv6: Typically, ICMPv6 uses IPv6 as its transport protocol.

Example traffic

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Wireshark

The ICMPv6 dissector is (fully functional, partially functional, not existing, ... whatever the current state is). Also add info of additional Wireshark features where appropriate, like special statistics of this protocol.

Preference Settings

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Example capture file

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Display Filter

A complete list of ICMPv6 display filter fields can be found in the display filter reference

Show only the ICMPv6 based traffic:

 icmpv6 

Capture Filter

Capture only the ICMPv6 based traffic:

 icmp6 

External links

• See RFC 4443 for more details.

Discussion

Imported from https://wiki.wireshark.org/ICMPv6 on 2020-08-11 23:14:58 UTC