ip-maddress (8) Linux Manual Page

ip-maddress – multicast addresses management

Synopsis

ip

[ OPTIONS ]

maddress

{ COMMAND |

    help }

ip maddress [ add | del ] MULTIADDR dev NAME
ip maddress show [ dev NAME ]

Description

maddress objects are multicast addresses.

ip maddress show – list multicast addresses

dev NAME (default)

the device name.

ip maddress add – add a multicast address

ip maddress delete – delete a multicast address

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.

address LLADDRESS (default)

the link-layer multicast address.

dev NAME

the device to join/leave this multicast address.

See Also

ip(8)

Author

Original Manpage by Michail Litvak <mci [at] owl.openwall.com>