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source-address (TWAMP)

Syntax

Hierarchy Level

Description

Specify the source IP address used for probes. If the source IP address is not one of the router’s or switch’s assigned addresses, the packet uses the outgoing interface’s address as its source.

The following IPv4 addresses cannot be used as the source IP address used for probes:

  • 0.0.0.0

  • 127.0.0.0/8 (loopback)

  • 224.0.0.0/4 (multicast)

  • 255.255.255.255 (broadcast)

The following IPv6 addresses cannot be used as the source IP address used for probes:

  • ::/128

  • ::1/128 (loopback)

  • fc00::/7 (unique-local)

  • 2001:db8::/32 (documentation prefix)

  • 2002::/16 (6to4)

  • 5f00::/8 (6bone)

  • 2001:10::/28 (ORCHID)

  • 2001::/32 (Teredo)

  • ::/0 (default route)

  • ff00::/8 (multicast)

  • :ffff:0:0/96 (IPv4-mapped addresses)

Default

The source address is selected based on the available default route.

Options

address

Valid IPv4 or IPv6 address. You can only specify an IPv6 address as the source address if the source address corresponds to a TWAMP Light IPv6 link-local target address.

Required Privilege Level

system—To view this statement in the configuration.

system-control—To add this statement to the configuration.

Release Information

Statement introduced in Junos OS Release 21.4R1.