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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 . GNU Network Utilities February 9, 2019 ifconfig (1)