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ifconfig — configure network interfaces

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.

Name

       ifconfig — configure network interfaces

Options

-a, --all
               Display all available interfaces.

       -A, --addressaddr
               Set the interface address to addr.

       -B, --broadcastaddr-b, --brdaddraddr
               Set the broadcast address to addr.

       -d, --dstaddraddr-p, --peeraddr
               Set the destination (peer) address to addr.

       --up    Activate the interface (default if address is given).

       --down  Shut the interface down.

       -F, --flagsflag,[flag...]
               Set the interface flags.

       -i, --interfacename
               Configure the network interface name.

       -l, --list
               List the available or selected interfaces.

       -m, --netmaskmask
               Set the netmask to mask.

       --metricn
               Set the interface metric to n.

       -M, --mtun
               Set the interface MTU to n.

       --formatformat
               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, --txqlenn
               Set the transmit queue length to n.

GNU Network Utilities                           February 9, 2019                                     ifconfig(1)

Synopsis

ifconfig  [option...] name [addr] [broadcastbrdaddr] [{pointopoint | dstaddr}dstaddr] [netmaskmask]
                [{ether | hwaddr | lladdr}macaddr] [metricn] [mtun] [txqueuelenn] [up | down] [flags]

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