IPV6_MULTICAST_IF(2const)

IPV6_MULTICAST_IF2const

Local device for a multicast socket

Usage

#include <netinet/in.h>  /* Definition of IP* constants */
#include <sys/socket.h>

int setsockopt(int sockfd, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_MULTICAST_IF, const int *ifindex, sizeof(int)); int getsockopt(int sockfd, IPPROTO_IPV6, IPV6_MULTICAST_IF, int *ifindex, sizeof(int));

Library

Standard C library (libc, -lc)

Overview

Set the device for outgoing multicast packets on the socket.

This is allowed only for SOCK_DGRAM and SOCK_RAW socket.

The argument is a pointer to an interface index (see netdevice(7)) in an integer.

Errors

See IPPROTO_IPV6(2const). See setsockopt(2). See ipv6(7).

History

IPV6_MULTICAST_IF

POSIX.1-2001.

From man-pages 6.19-1 in Arch Linux 2026-11-01. Parsed by carta from the page's man source.