IPTUNNEL(8) IPTUNNEL(8)

# [NAME](#NAME)

**iptunnel** - creates, changes, deletes, and displays configured tunnels

# [SYNOPSIS](#SYNOPSIS)

**iptunnel** \[<**operation**>] \[<**args**>]

# [NOTE](#NOTE)

This program is obsolete. Please use **ip tunnel** instead, and see [**ip-tunnel**(8)](/man/os/net-tools/ip-tunnel.8) for more information.

# [DESCRIPTION](#DESCRIPTION)

The **iptunnel** command creates configured tunnels for sending and receiving IPv6 or IPv4 packets that are encapsulated as the payload of an IPv4 datagram.

The **iptunnel** command can perform one of the following operations:

**create** - create a tunnel interface, which you must subsequently configure.

**change** - change an existing tunnel interface.

**delete** - delete a tunnel interface. You must disable the tunnel before you can delete it.

**show** - show the tunnel attributes (name, tunnel end points, next hop for tunneled packets).

# [SEE ALSO](#SEE_ALSO)

[**ip-tunnel**(8)](/man/os/net-tools/ip-tunnel.8), [**ip**(8)](/man/os/net-tools/ip.8)

SEPTEMBER 2009

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Document: iptunnel(8) from net-tools 2.10-r37 (Chainguard OS)
Source: https://git.code.sf.net/p/net-tools/code