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1.TH IP\-MADDRESS 8 "20 Dec 2011" "iproute2" "Linux"
2.SH "NAME"
aab2702d 3ip-maddress \- multicast addresses management
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4.SH "SYNOPSIS"
5.sp
6.ad l
7.in +8
8.ti -8
9.B ip
10.RI "[ " OPTIONS " ]"
11.B maddress
12.RI " { " COMMAND " | "
13.BR help " }"
14.sp
15.ti -8
16
17.BR "ip maddress" " [ " add " | " del " ]"
49572501 18.IB MULTIADDR " dev " NAME
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19
20.ti -8
21.BR "ip maddress show" " [ " dev
49572501 22.IR NAME " ]"
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23
24.SH DESCRIPTION
25.B maddress
26objects are multicast addresses.
27
28.SS ip maddress show - list multicast addresses
29
30.TP
31.BI dev " NAME " (default)
32the device name.
33
34.SS ip maddress add - add a multicast address
35.SS ip maddress delete - delete a multicast address
49572501 36these commands attach/detach a static link-layer multicast address
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37to listen on the interface.
38Note that it is impossible to join protocol multicast groups
49572501 39statically. This command only manages link-layer addresses.
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40
41.TP
42.BI address " LLADDRESS " (default)
49572501 43the link-layer multicast address.
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44
45.TP
46.BI dev " NAME"
47the device to join/leave this multicast address.
48
49.SH SEE ALSO
50.br
51.BR ip (8)
52
53.SH AUTHOR
54Original Manpage by Michail Litvak <mci@owl.openwall.com>