| .TH DHCP_RELEASE 1 |
| .SH NAME |
| dhcp_release6 \- Release a DHCPv6 lease on a the local dnsmasq DHCP server. |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .B dhcp_release6 --iface <interface> --client-id <client-id> --server-id |
| server-id --iaid <iaid> --ip <IP> [--dry-run] [--help] |
| .SH "DESCRIPTION" |
| A utility which forces the DHCP server running on this machine to release a |
| DHCPv6 lease. |
| .SS OPTIONS |
| .IP "-a, --ip" |
| IPv6 address to release. |
| .IP "-c, --client-id" |
| Colon-separated hex string representing DHCPv6 client id. Normally |
| it can be found in leases file both on client and server. |
| .IP "-d, --dry-run" |
| Print hexadecimal representation of generated DHCPv6 release packet to standard |
| output and exit. |
| .IP "-h, --help" |
| print usage information to standard output and exit. |
| .IP "-i, --iaid" |
| Decimal representation of DHCPv6 IAID. Normally it can be found in leases file |
| both on client and server. |
| .IP "-n, --iface" |
| Network interface to send a DHCPv6 release packet from. |
| .IP "-s, --server-id" |
| Colon-separated hex string representing DHCPv6 server id. Normally |
| it can be found in leases file both on client and server. |
| .SH NOTES |
| MUST be run as root - will fail otherwise. |
| .SH LIMITATIONS |
| Only usable on IPv6 DHCP leases. |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .BR dnsmasq (8) |
| .SH AUTHOR |
| This manual page was written by Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk>. |
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