---
name: "iptunnel"
section: "8"
platform: "linux"
package: "net-tools"
version: "2.10-3"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/iptunnel"
---

# iptunnel(8)

creates, changes, deletes, and displays configured tunnels

## NAME

**iptunnel** - creates, changes, deletes, and displays configured tunnels

## SYNOPSIS

**iptunnel** \[\<**operation**\>\] \[\<**args**\>\]

## NOTE

This program is obsolete. Please use **ip tunnel** instead, and see [**ip-tunnel**(8)](/ip-tunnel/8.md) for more information.

## DESCRIPTION

The **iptunnel** command creates configured tunnels for sending and receiving IPv6 or IPv4 packets that are encapsulated as the payload of an IPv4 datagram.

The **iptunnel** command can perform one of the following operations:

**create** - create a tunnel interface, which you must subsequently configure.

**change** - change an existing tunnel interface.

**delete** - delete a tunnel interface. You must disable the tunnel before you can delete it.

**show** - show the tunnel attributes (name, tunnel end points, next hop for tunneled packets).

## SEE ALSO

[**ip-tunnel**(8)](/ip-tunnel/8.md), [**ip**(8)](/ip/8.md)