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IFCONFIG(1) | General Commands Manual (urm) | IFCONFIG(1) |
NAME¶
ifconfig
—
configure network interfaces
SYNOPSIS¶
ifconfig |
[option ...] name
[addr] [broadcast
brdaddr] [{ pointopoint |
dstaddr } dstaddr]
[netmask mask]
[{ ether | hwaddr |
lladdr } macaddr]
[metric n]
[mtu n]
[txqueuelen n]
[up | down ]
[flags] |
DESCRIPTION¶
Configure network interfaces.
Mandatory or optional arguments to long options are also mandatory or optional for any corresponding short options.
Known flags are: allmulti
,
arp
, automedia
,
broadcast
, debug
,
dynamic
, master
,
multicast
, pointopoint
,
portsel
, promisc
,
slave
, trailers
,
up
. Prepending no
to any of
these flags will negate their effect.
OPTIONS¶
-a
,--all
- Display all available interfaces.
-A
,--address
addr- Set the interface address to addr.
-B
,--broadcast
addr-b
,--brdaddr
addr- Set the broadcast address to addr.
-d
,--dstaddr
addr-p
,--peer
addr- Set the destination (peer) address to addr.
--up
- Activate the interface (default if address is given).
--down
- Shut the interface down.
-F
,--flags
flag,[flag ...]- Set the interface flags.
-i
,--interface
name- Configure the network interface name.
-l
,--list
- List the available or selected interfaces.
-m
,--netmask
mask- Set the netmask to mask.
--metric
n- Set the interface metric to n.
-M
,--mtu
n- Set the interface MTU to n.
--format
format- Select the output format; set to
help
for information. -s
,--short
- Short output format.
-v
,--verbose
- Output information when configuring the interface.
-
?,--help
- Give this help list.
--usage
- Give a short usage message.
-V
,--version
- Print program version.
Linux-specific options:
-T
,--txqlen
n- Set the transmit queue length to n.
February 9, 2019 | GNU Network Utilities |