Man1 - dhcp_release6.1

NAME

dhcp_release6 - Release a DHCPv6 lease on a the local dnsmasq DHCP server.

dhcp_release6 –iface <interface> –client-id <client-id> –server-id server-id –iaid <iaid> –ip <IP> [–dry-run] [–help]

A utility which forces the DHCP server running on this machine to release a DHCPv6 lease.

-a, –ip: IPv6 address to release.
-c, –client-id: Colon-separated hex string representing DHCPv6 client id. Normally it can be found in leases file both on client and server.
-d, –dry-run: Print hexadecimal representation of generated DHCPv6 release packet to standard output and exit.
-h, –help: print usage information to standard output and exit.
-i, –iaid: Decimal representation of DHCPv6 IAID. Normally it can be found in leases file both on client and server.
-n, –iface: Network interface to send a DHCPv6 release packet from.
-s, –server-id: Colon-separated hex string representing DHCPv6 server id. Normally it can be found in leases file both on client and server.

MUST be run as root - will fail otherwise.

Only usable on IPv6 DHCP leases.

This manual page was written by Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk>.