.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>