Section 8 · System administration

ip-addrlabel.8

Package: iproute

IP−ADDRLABEL

NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR


NAME

ip-addrlabel − protocol address label management

SYNOPSIS

ip addrlabel { COMMAND | help }

ip addrlabel { add | del } prefix PREFIX [ dev DEV ] [ label NUMBER ]

ip addrlabel { list | flush }

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.

ip addrlabel add - add an address label

add an address label entry to the kernel. **
prefix** PREFIX **
dev** DEV

the outgoing interface.

label NUMBER

the label for the prefix. 0xffffffff is reserved.

ip addrlabel del - delete an address label

delete an address label entry from the kernel. Arguments: coincide with the arguments of ip addrlabel add but the label is not required.

ip addrlabel list - list address labels

list the current address label entries in the kernel.

ip addrlabel flush - flush address labels

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

SEE ALSO

ip(8)

AUTHOR

Manpage by Yoshifuji Hideaki / 吉 藤 英 明