IP-ADDRLABEL(8)

NAME
ip addrlabel - protocol address label management

SYNOPSIS

ip [ OPTIONS ] addrlabel { COMMAND | help }

OPTIONS := { -V[ersion] | -s[tatistics] | -r[esolve] | -f[amily] { inet | inet6 | ipx | dnet | link } | -o[neline] }

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

ip addrlabel { list | flush }

DESCRIPTION
IPv6 address label is used for address selection described in RFC 3484. Precedence is managed by userspace, and only label is stored in kernel.

  ip addrlabel add - add an address label
the command adds 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
the command deletes an address label entry in the kernel. Arguments: coincide with the arguments of ip addrlabel add but label is not required.

  ip addrlabel list - list address labels
the command show contents of address labels.

  ip addrlabel flush - flush address labels
the command flushes the contents of address labels and it does not restore default settings.

SEE ALSO
ip(8)

AUTHOR
Manpage by Yoshifuji Hideaki / 吉藤英明