.TH IP\-ADDRLABEL 8 "20 Dec 2011" "iproute2" "Linux"

.SH "NAME"

ip-addrlabel \- protocol address label management

.SH "SYNOPSIS"

.sp

.ad l

.in +8

.ti -8

.B ip addrlabel

.RI " { " COMMAND " | "

.BR help " }"

.ti -8

.BR "ip addrlabel" " { " add " | " del " } " prefix

.BR PREFIX " [ "

.B dev

.IR DEV " ] [ "

.B label

.IR NUMBER " ]"

.ti -8

.BR "ip addrlabel" " { " list " | " flush " }"

.SH "DESCRIPTION"

IPv6 address labels are used for address selection;

they are described in RFC 3484. Precedence is managed by userspace,

and only the label itself is stored in the kernel.

.SS ip addrlabel add - add an address label

add an address label entry to the kernel.

.TP

.BI prefix " PREFIX"

.TP

.BI dev " DEV"

the outgoing interface.

.TP

.BI label " NUMBER"

the label for the prefix.

0xffffffff is reserved.

.SS ip addrlabel del - delete an address label

delete an address label entry from the kernel.

.B Arguments:

coincide with the arguments of

.B ip addrlabel add

but the label is not required.

.SS ip addrlabel list - list address labels

list the current address label entries in the kernel.

.SS ip addrlabel flush - flush address labels

flush all address labels in the kernel. This does not restore any default settings.

.SH SEE ALSO

.br

.BR ip (8)

.SH AUTHOR

Manpage by Yoshifuji Hideaki / 吉藤英明