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30.\" $FreeBSD$
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32.Dd May 17, 1998
33.Dt MLD6QUERY 8
34.Os
35.\"
36.Sh NAME
37.Nm mld6query
38.Nd send multicast listener query
39.\"
40.Sh SYNOPSIS
41.Nm
42.Op Fl dgr
43.Ar intface
44.Op Ar maddr
45.\"
46.Sh DESCRIPTION
47The
48.Nm
49utility sends an IPv6 multicast listener discovery (MLD) query packet toward
50the specified multicast address,
51.Ar maddr ,
52toward interface
53.Ar intface .
54If you omit
55.Ar maddr ,
56linklocal all nodes multicast address(ff02::1) is used.
57.Pp
58After sending a query,
59.Nm
60waits for replies for at most 10 seconds.
61If a reply is returned,
62.Nm
63prints it with its type and then waits for another reply.
64.Pp
65This program is provided only for debugging.
66It is not necessary for normal use.
67.Pp
68With
69.Fl g ,
70.Nm
71will transmit a General Query instead of the default Multicast-Address-Specific Query.
72With
73.Fl d ,
74.Nm
75will transmit MLD done packet instead of MLD query packet.
76With
77.Fl r ,
78similarly, MLD report packet will be transmitted.
79.Fl dr
80options are for debugging purposes only.
81.\"
82.Sh EXIT STATUS
83The program exits with 0 on success, non-zero on failures.
84.\"
85.\" .Sh SEE ALSO
86.\"
87.Sh HISTORY
88The
89.Nm
90utility first appeared in WIDE/KAME IPv6 protocol stack kit.
91.Sh BUGS
92The
93.Nm
94utility does not take care of multicast addresses which have non link-local
95scope.
96