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+#!/bin/bash
+# Copyright 2021 Google LLC
+#
+# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+# You may obtain a copy of the License at
+#
+#      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+#
+# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+# limitations under the License.
+
+# Every 30 seconds, send out an RA so that the kernel will receive a response.
+# This ensures that all BMCs (even ones that think they are routers) get updated
+# information from the other systems on the network.
+w=30
+while true; do
+  start=$SECONDS
+  rdisc6 -m gbmcbr -r 1 -w $(( w * 1000 )) >/dev/null 2>/dev/null
+  # If rdisc6 exits early we still want to wait the full `w` time before
+  # starting again.
+  (( timeout = start + w - SECONDS ))
+  sleep $(( timeout < 0 ? 0 : timeout ))
+done