From 89df4777a1687cf4d796afc91b30fa0beee7506d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Andrea Barberio <insomniac@slackware.it>
Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2019 10:47:25 +0000
Subject: Created examples directory and adjusted README

---
 examples/client6/main.go | 42 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 42 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 examples/client6/main.go

(limited to 'examples/client6/main.go')

diff --git a/examples/client6/main.go b/examples/client6/main.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41cf692
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/client6/main.go
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+package main
+
+import (
+	"flag"
+	"log"
+
+	"github.com/insomniacslk/dhcp/dhcpv6/client6"
+)
+
+var (
+	iface = flag.String("i", "eth0", "Interface to configure via DHCPv6")
+)
+
+func main() {
+	flag.Parse()
+	log.Printf("Starting DHCPv6 client on interface %s", *iface)
+
+	// NewClient sets up a new DHCPv6 client with default values
+	// for read and write timeouts, for destination address and listening
+	// address
+	client := client6.NewClient()
+
+	// Exchange runs a Solicit-Advertise-Request-Reply transaction on the
+	// specified network interface, and returns a list of DHCPv6 packets
+	// (a "conversation") and an error if any. Notice that Exchange may
+	// return a non-empty packet list even if there is an error. This is
+	// intended, because the transaction may fail at any point, and we
+	// still want to know what packets were exchanged until then.
+	// A default Solicit packet will be used during the "conversation",
+	// which can be manipulated by using modifiers.
+	conversation, err := client.Exchange(*iface)
+
+	// Summary() prints a verbose representation of the exchanged packets.
+	for _, packet := range conversation {
+		log.Print(packet.Summary())
+	}
+	// error handling is done *after* printing, so we still print the
+	// exchanged packets if any, as explained above.
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
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