ip-maddress(8)

ip-maddress8

Multicast addresses management

Usage

ip [OPTIONS] maddress {COMMAND | help}

ip maddress [{add | del}] MULTIADDR dev NAME

ip maddress show [dev NAME]

Overview

maddress objects are multicast addresses.

ip maddress show - list multicast addresses

dev NAME (default)

the device name.

ip maddress add - add a multicast address
ip maddress delete - delete a multicast address

These commands attach/detach a static link-layer multicast address to listen on the interface. Note that it is impossible to join protocol multicast groups statically. This command only manages link-layer addresses.

address LLADDRESS (default)

the link-layer multicast address.

dev NAME

the device to join/leave this multicast address.

Releases

8 releases since Debian 7 (Wheezy); the text changed 2 times.

  1. 7
  2. 8
  3. 9–Arch

Author

Original Manpage by Michail Litvak <[email protected]>

From iproute2 7.3.0-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.