1*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" $KAME: prefix.8,v 1.6 2001/02/04 05:20:48 jinmei Exp $ 2*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 3*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" Copyright (C) 1995, 1996, 1997, and 1998 WIDE Project. 4*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" All rights reserved. 5*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 6*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without 7*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions 8*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" are met: 9*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright 10*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. 11*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright 12*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the 13*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. 14*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 3. Neither the name of the project nor the names of its contributors 15*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software 16*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" without specific prior written permission. 17*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 18*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE PROJECT AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND 19*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE 20*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE 21*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE PROJECT OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE 22*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL 23*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS 24*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) 25*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT 26*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY 27*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF 28*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" SUCH DAMAGE. 29*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 30*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" $FreeBSD: src/usr.sbin/prefix/prefix.8,v 1.2.2.10 2003/03/11 22:31:31 trhodes Exp $ 31*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" $DragonFly: src/usr.sbin/prefix/prefix.8,v 1.3 2007/11/21 19:12:41 swildner Exp $ 32*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.\" 33*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dd October 10, 1998 34*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Dt PREFIX 8 35*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Os 36*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh NAME 37*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nm prefix 38*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nd configure network interface prefixes 39*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh SYNOPSIS 40*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nm 41*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Bk -words 42*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Ar interface prefix 43*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Ek 44*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Bk -words 45*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Op Cm set | delete 46*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Ek 47*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh DESCRIPTION 48*86d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe 49*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nm 50*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinoutility is used to assign a prefix 51*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinoto a network interface. 52*86d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThis command is currently just a frontend of 53*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr ifconfig 8 , 54*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinoand is not recommended to be used. 55*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh SEE ALSO 56*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr netstat 1 , 57*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr netintro 4 , 58*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr ifconfig 8 , 59*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr rc 8 60*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Sh HISTORY 61*86d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThe 62*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Nm 63*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinoutility first appeared in WIDE/KAME IPv6 protocol stack kit. 64*86d7f5d3SJohn MarinoPreviously, this command was used to manipulate prefixes separately 65*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinofrom interface identifiers, intending to be used for prefix 66*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinorenumbering. 67*86d7f5d3SJohn MarinoHowever, it had been known that the manipulation mechanism was not 68*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinofriendly with traditional address management engine in the kernel. 69*86d7f5d3SJohn MarinoThus, the KAME developers decided to invalidate the prefix 70*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinomanipulation mechanism, and to clarify the entire address/prefix 71*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinomanipulation in February 2001. 72*86d7f5d3SJohn MarinoSince then, this command has almost been obsoleted. 73*86d7f5d3SJohn MarinoAll users should now use 74*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Xr ifconfig 8 . 75*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Pp 76*86d7f5d3SJohn MarinoIPv6 and IPsec support based on the KAME Project 77*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Pa ( http://www.kame.net/ ) 78*86d7f5d3SJohn Marinostack was initially integrated into 79*86d7f5d3SJohn Marino.Fx 4.0 80