# The net/ladvd port

## ladvd-1.0.4 – link advertisement (LLDP/CDP etc) daemon

## Description

    LADVD is a daemon to handle link-layer advertisements on UNIX.
    It can send and receive frames for the LLDP, CDP, EDP, FDP and NDP
    protocols. These are used to inform devices about the equipment
    on the other side of an ethernet link. This includes hostname,
    port information and more. For example, a switch can display a
    list of which device is connected to each port.

    LADVD uses privilege separation; privileges are required to handle
    raw sockets and certain ioctl()s. Network data is parsed by an
    unprivileged child process.

    Every 30 seconds the child generates advertisement frames reflecting
    the current system state. Interfaces (bridge, bonding, wireless),
    capabilities (bridging, forwarding, wireless) and addresses (IPv4,
    IPv6) are detected dynamically. Secondly ladvd can listen for incoming
    frames and utilize these for various features (protocol auto-enable,
    logging, interface descriptions).

WWW: http://blinkenlights.nl/software/ladvd/

Categories:
  net

## Library dependencies

## Build dependencies

- devel/autoconf/2.65
- devel/check
- devel/metaauto

## Run dependencies