1DHCP_RELEASE(1)             General Commands Manual            DHCP_RELEASE(1)
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NAME

6       dhcp_release6  -  Release  a  DHCPv6  lease on a the local dnsmasq DHCP
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SYNOPSIS

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

14       A  utility  which  forces  the  DHCP  server running on this machine to
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17   OPTIONS
18       -a, --ip
19              IPv6 address to release.
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21       -c, --client-id
22              Colon-separated hex string representing DHCPv6 client  id.  Nor‐
23              mally it can be found in leases file both on client and server.
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25       -d, --dry-run
26              Print  hexadecimal  representation  of  generated DHCPv6 release
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29       -h, --help
30              print usage information to standard output and exit.
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32       -i, --iaid
33              Decimal representation of DHCPv6 IAID. Normally it can be  found
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36       -n, --iface
37              Network interface to send a DHCPv6 release packet from.
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39       -s, --server-id
40              Colon-separated  hex  string representing DHCPv6 server id. Nor‐
41              mally it can be found in leases file both on client and server.
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NOTES

44       MUST be run as root - will fail otherwise.
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LIMITATIONS

47       Only usable on IPv6 DHCP leases.
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SEE ALSO

50       dnsmasq(8)
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AUTHOR

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