RA packet for router preference validation

The RA packet contains the Router Preference as part of the flags field. This can be high, medium, or low. This filtering policy option verifies if the advertised default router preference parameter value is lower than or equal to a specified limit.

The following figure illustrates IPv6 ICMP RA data packet outline for router preference validation.

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IPv6 ICMP RA data packet outline for router preference validation