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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.
1.1.1.2 ! misho      30: .SH LIMITATIONS
        !            31: Only usable on IPv4 DHCP leases.
1.1       misho      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: 
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