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>.