net-tools/iptunnel.8

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   4 .TH IPTUNNEL 8 "SEPTEMBER 2009" "" ""
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   6 .\" Man page written by Jiri Popelka <jpopelka AT redhat DOT com>
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   8 .SH NAME
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  10 .B iptunnel
  11 \- creates, deletes, and displays configured tunnels
  12
  13 .SH SYNOPSIS
  14 .B /usr/sbin/iptunnel
  15 .RB [< operation >]
  16 .RB [< args >]
  17
  18 .SH NOTE
  19 .P
  20 This program is obsolete. For replacement check \fBip tunnel\fR.
  21
  22 .SH DESCRIPTION
  23 The \fBiptunnel\fR
  24 command creates configured tunnels for sending and receiving
  25 IPV6 or IPV4 packets that are encapsulated as the payload of an IPV4
  26 datagram.
  27
  28 The
  29 .B iptunnel
  30 command can perform one of the following operations:
  31
  32 .B create
  33 \- create a tunnel interface, which you must subsequently configure.
  34
  35 .B delete
  36 \- delete a tunnel interface. You must disable the tunnel before you can delete it.
  37
  38 .B show
  39 \- show the tunnel attributes (name, tunnel end points, next hop for tunneled packets).
  40
  41 .SH SEE ALSO
  42 .BR ip (8).