



Implicitly specified if an address is assigned to the Up This flag causes the interface to be activated. same net withĪddress/netmask combination) all aliases are deleted, if To delete an alias interface use ifconfig eth0:0 down. Interfaces, you can specify them with syntax like eth0:0įor the first alias of eth0.
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This is usually a driver nameįollowed by a unit number, for example eth0 for the firstĮthernet interface. v be more verbose for some error conditions s display a short list (like netstat -i) OPTIONS top -a display all interfaces which are currently available, even Not RFC-compliant and therefore its use is discouraged. Otherwise, a leading '0' implies octal otherwise, the number is Standard (that is, a leading 0x or 0X implies hexadecimal Numbers supplied as parts in IPv4 dotted decimal notation may beĭecimal, octal, or hexadecimal, as specified in the ISO C Phase 2), ipx (Novell IPX) and netrom (AMPR Packet radio). Used for decoding and displaying all protocol addresses.Ĭurrently supported address families include inet (TCP/IP,ĭefault), inet6 (IPv6), ax25 (AMPR Packet Radio), ddp (Appletalk The name of a supported address family, that address family is If the first argument after the interface name is recognized as Single -a argument is given, it displays the status of all Given, it displays the status of the given interface only if a If no arguments are given, ifconfig displays the status of theĬurrently active interfaces. After that, it is usually only needed when debugging It is used at boot time to set up interfaces as DESCRIPTION top Ifconfig is used to configure the kernel-resident network SYNOPSIS top ifconfig ifconfig interface options | address. IFCONFIG(8) Linux System Administrator's Manual IFCONFIG(8) NAME top
