---
name: "fake_mld26"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "thc-ipv6"
version: "3.8-4"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/fake_mld26"
---

# fake\_mld26(8)

## NAME

**fake\_mld26**

## SYNOPSIS

fake\_mld26 \[-l\] interface add\|delete\|query \[multicast-address \[target-address-to-subscribe-from \[ttl \[own-ip \[own-mac-address \[destination-mac-address\]\]\]\]\]\]

This uses the MLDv2 protocol. Only a subset of what the protocol is able to do is possible to implement via a command line. Code it if you need something. Ad(d)vertise or delete yourself - or anyone you want - in a multicast group of your choice Query ask on the network who is listening to multicast addresses Use -l to loop and send (in 5s intervals) until Control-C is pressed.

## AUTHOR

thc-ipv6 was written by van Hauser \<vh@thc.org\> / THC

The homepage for this toolkit is: https://github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6

## COPYRIGHT

fake\_mld26 3.8 (c) 2020 by van Hauser / THC \<vh@thc.org\> www.github.com/vanhauser-thc/thc-ipv6