IP-MADDRESS(8)

💖 IP-MADDRESS(8) 💖 ip-maddress, the multicast address manager

✨ NAME ✨

ip-maddress - multicast addresses management 🦋

🎀 SYNOPSIS 🎀

ip [ OPTIONS ] maddress  { COMMAND | help }

ip maddress [ add | del ] MULTIADDR dev NAME

ip maddress show [ dev NAME ]

🌸 DESCRIPTION 🌸

okay so maddress objects are multicast addresses 🫶 that's the whole vibe bestie. you manage them with ip, and they're totally iconic.

🔍 ip maddress show - list multicast addresses ✨

• dev NAME (default) — the device name. this one's the default, so you can just skip it if you want everything 💅

➕ ip maddress add - add a multicast address 🧚

🗑️ ip maddress delete - delete a multicast address 💀

These commands attach or detach a static link-layer multicast address so the interface can listen for it. ngl, this part is lowkey important:

⚠️ it is impossible to join protocol multicast groups statically. this command ONLY manages link-layer addresses, so don't expect it to do the protocol-level stuff 😭

• address LLADDRESS (default) — the link-layer multicast address you want to add or remove 🍓
• dev NAME — the device to join or leave this multicast address on 🌈

🦋 SEE ALSO 🦋

ip(8) 💜

👑 AUTHOR 👑

Original Manpage by Michail Litvak <mci@owl.openwall.com> 🫶

🌈 bestie, that's the whole page! it's from iproute2, dated 20 Dec 2011, and it's still giving main character energy ✨💖