.TH IP\-MPTCP 8 "4 Apr 2020" "iproute2" "Linux"
.SH "NAME"
ip-mptcp \- MPTCP path manager configuration
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.ad l
.in +8
.ti -8
.B ip
.RI "[ " OPTIONS " ]"
.B mptcp
.RB "{ "
.B endpoint
.RB " | "
.B limits
.RB " | "
.B help
.RB " }"
.sp

.ti -8
.BR "ip mptcp endpoint add "
.IR IFADDR
.RB "[ " dev
.IR IFNAME " ]"
.RB "[ " id
.I ID
.RB "] [ "
.I FLAG-LIST
.RB "] "

.ti -8
.BR "ip mptcp endpoint del id "
.I ID

.ti -8
.BR "ip mptcp endpoint show "
.RB "[ " id
.I ID
.RB "]"

.ti -8
.BR "ip mptcp endpoint flush"

.ti -8
.IR FLAG-LIST " := [ "  FLAG-LIST " ] " FLAG

.ti -8
.IR FLAG " := ["
.B signal
.RB "|"
.B subflow
.RB "|"
.B backup
.RB  "]"

.ti -8
.BR "ip mptcp limits set "
.RB "[ "
.B subflow
.IR SUBFLOW_NR " ]"
.RB "[ "
.B add_addr_accepted
.IR  ADD_ADDR_ACCEPTED_NR " ]"

.ti -8
.BR "ip mptcp limits show"

.SH DESCRIPTION

MPTCP is a transport protocol built on top of TCP that allows TCP
connections to use multiple paths to maximize resource usage and increase
redundancy. The ip-mptcp sub-commands allow configuring several aspects of the
MPTCP path manager, which is in charge of subflows creation:

.P
The
.B endpoint
object specifies the IP addresses that will be used and/or announced for
additional subflows:

.TS
l l.
ip mptcp endpoint add	add new MPTCP endpoint
ip mptcp endpoint delete	delete existing MPTCP endpoint
ip mptcp endpoint show	get existing MPTCP endpoint
ip mptcp endpoint flush	flush all existing MPTCP endpoints
.TE

.TP
.IR ID
is a unique numeric identifier for the given endpoint

.TP
.BR signal
the endpoint will be announced/signalled to each peer via an ADD_ADDR MPTCP
sub-option

.TP
.BR subflow
if additional subflow creation is allowed by MPTCP limits, the endpoint will
be used as the source address to create an additional subflow after that
the MPTCP connection is established.

.TP
.BR backup
the endpoint will be announced as a backup address, if this is a
.BR signal
endpoint, or the subflow will be created as a backup one if this is a
.BR subflow
endpoint

.sp
.PP
The
.B limits
object specifies the constraints for subflow creations:

.TS
l l.
ip mptcp limits show	get current MPTCP subflow creation limits
ip mptcp limits set	change the MPTCP subflow creation limits
.TE

.TP
.IR SUBFLOW_NR
specifies the maximum number of additional subflows allowed for each MPTCP
connection. Additional subflows can be created due to: incoming accepted
ADD_ADDR option, local
.BR subflow
endpoints, additional subflows started by the peer.

.TP
.IR ADD_ADDR_ACCEPTED_NR
specifies the maximum number of ADD_ADDR suboptions accepted for each MPTCP
connection. The MPTCP path manager will try to create a new subflow for
each accepted ADD_ADDR option, respecting the
.IR SUBFLOW_NR
limit.

.SH AUTHOR
Original Manpage by Paolo Abeni <pabeni@redhat.com>