| .TH IP\-MADDRESS 8 "20 Dec 2011" "iproute2" "Linux" |
| .SH "NAME" |
| ip-maddress \- multicast addresses management |
| .SH "SYNOPSIS" |
| .sp |
| .ad l |
| .in +8 |
| .ti -8 |
| .B ip |
| .RI "[ " OPTIONS " ]" |
| .B maddress |
| .RI " { " COMMAND " | " |
| .BR help " }" |
| .sp |
| .ti -8 |
| |
| .BR "ip maddress" " [ " add " | " del " ]" |
| .IB MULTIADDR " dev " NAME |
| |
| .ti -8 |
| .BR "ip maddress show" " [ " dev |
| .IR NAME " ]" |
| |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| .B maddress |
| objects are multicast addresses. |
| |
| .SS ip maddress show - list multicast addresses |
| |
| .TP |
| .BI dev " NAME " (default) |
| the device name. |
| |
| .TP |
| .B ip maddress add - add a multicast address |
| .TP |
| .B ip maddress delete - delete a multicast address |
| .sp |
| These commands attach/detach a static link-layer multicast address |
| to listen on the interface. |
| Note that it is impossible to join protocol multicast groups |
| statically. This command only manages link-layer addresses. |
| |
| .RS |
| .TP |
| .BI address " LLADDRESS " (default) |
| the link-layer multicast address. |
| |
| .TP |
| .BI dev " NAME" |
| the device to join/leave this multicast address. |
| .RE |
| |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .br |
| .BR ip (8) |
| |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| Original Manpage by Michail Litvak <mci@owl.openwall.com> |
