ICMPv6 Types and Codes

 

Type Number	Type Name	Code
0	Reserved	0 – no route to destination
		1 – communication with destination administratively prohibited
		2 – beyond scope of source address
		3 – address unreachable
		4 – port unreachable
		5 – source address failed ingress/egress policy
		6 – reject route to destination
		7 – Error in Source Routing Header
1	Destination Unreachable
2	Packet Too Big
3	Time Exceeded	0 – hop limit exceeded in transit
		1 – fragment reassembly time exceeded
4	Parameter Problem	0 – erroneous header field encountered
		1 – unrecognized Next Header type encountered
		2 – unrecognized IPv6 option encountered
100	Private Exper- imentation
101	Private Exper- imentation
102 – 126	Unassigned
127	Reserved for expan- sion if ICMPv6 error messages
128	Echo Request

 

 

Type Number          Type Name              Code

 

129                             Echo Replay

 

130                             Multicast Listener

Query

 

131                             Multicast Listener

Report

 

132                             Multicast Listener

Done

 

133                             Router Solicitation

 

 

134                             Router Advert- isement

 

135                             Neighbor Soli- citation

 

 

136                             Neighbor Advert- isement

 

137                             Redirect Message

138                             Router Renum- bering

0 – Router Renumbering Command

 

1 – Router Renumbering Result

 

255 – Sequence Number Reset

 

139                             ICMP Node Inform- ation Query

0 – The Data field contains an IPv6 address which is the Subject of this Query.

 

1 – The Data field contains a name which is the Subject of this

Query, or is empty, as in the case of a NOOP.

 

2 – The Data field contains an IPv4 address which is the Subject of this Query.

140

ICMP Node

Information

Response

0 – A successful reply. The Reply Data field may or may not be empty.

1 – The Responder refuses to supply the answer. The Reply

Data field will be empty.

 

2 – The Qtype of the Query is unknown to the Responder. The

Reply Data field will be empty.

 

Type Number          Type Name              Code

 

141                             Inverse Neighbor Discovery Soli- citation Message

 

 

142

Inverse Neighbor Discovery Advert- isement Message

 

 

143                             Version 2 Multicast

Listener Report

 

 

144

Home Agent Address Discovery Request Message

 

 

145                             Home Agent Address Discovery Reply Message

 

 

146                             Mobile Prefix Soli- citation

 

147                             Mobile Prefix

Advertisement

 

 

148

Certification Path Solicitation Mes- sage

 

149                             Certification Path Advertisement Mes- sage

150

ICMP messages utilized by exper- imental mobility protocols such as Seamoby

 

 

151                             Multicast Router

Advertisement

 

152                             Multicast Router

Solicitation

 

153                             Multicast Router

Termination

 

Type Number	Type Name	Code
154	FMIPv6 Messages
155	RPL Control Mes- sage
156	ILNPv6 Locator Update Message
157	Duplicate Address Request
158	Duplicate Address Confirmation
159 − 199	Unassigned
200	Private exper- imentation
201	Private exper- imentation
255	Reserved for expan- sion of ICMPv6 informational mes- sages