man/man8/ip-maddress.8

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