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1.1     ! misho       1: .TH DHCP_RELEASE 1
        !             2: .SH NAME
        !             3: dhcp_release \- Release a DHCP lease on a the local dnsmasq DHCP server.
        !             4: .SH SYNOPSIS
        !             5: .B dhcp_release <interface> <address> <MAC address> <client_id>
        !             6: .SH "DESCRIPTION"
        !             7: A utility which forces the DHCP server running on this machine to release a 
        !             8: DHCP lease.
        !             9: .PP
        !            10: Send a DHCPRELEASE message via the specified interface to tell the
        !            11: local DHCP server to delete a particular lease. 
        !            12: 
        !            13: The interface argument is the interface in which a DHCP
        !            14: request _would_ be received if it was coming from the client, 
        !            15: rather than being faked up here.
        !            16:    
        !            17: The address argument is a dotted-quad IP addresses and mandatory. 
        !            18:    
        !            19: The MAC address is colon separated hex, and is mandatory. It may be 
        !            20: prefixed by an address-type byte followed by -, eg
        !            21: 
        !            22: 10-11:22:33:44:55:66
        !            23: 
        !            24: but if the address-type byte is missing it is assumed to be 1, the type 
        !            25: for ethernet. This encoding is the one used in dnsmasq lease files.
        !            26: 
        !            27: The client-id is optional. If it is "*" then it treated as being missing.
        !            28: .SH NOTES
        !            29: MUST be run as root - will fail otherwise.
        !            30: .SH LIMITATIONS
        !            31: Only usable on IPv4 DHCP leases.
        !            32: .SH SEE ALSO
        !            33: .BR dnsmasq (8)
        !            34: .SH AUTHOR
        !            35: This manual page was written by Simon Kelley <simon@thekelleys.org.uk>.
        !            36: 
        !            37: