IFCFG
NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
IFCONFIG – COMMAND SYNTAX
NOTES
SEE ALSO
NAME
ifcfg − simplistic script which replaces ifconfig IP management
SYNOPSIS
ifcfg [ DEVICE ] [ command ] ADDRESS [ PEER ]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the ifcfg command.
This is a simplistic script replacing one option of ifconfig , namely, IP address management. It not only adds addresses, but also carries out Duplicate Address Detection RFC-DHCP, sends unsolicited ARP to update the caches of other hosts sharing the interface, adds some control routes and restarts Router Discovery when it is necessary.
IFCONFIG – COMMAND SYNTAX
|
DEVICE |
– it may have alias, suffix, separated by colon. |
command
– add, delete or stop.
ADDRESS
– optionally followed by prefix length.
|
peer |
– optional peer address for pointpoint interfaces. |
NOTES
This script is not suitable for use with IPv6.
SEE ALSO
IP Command reference ip-cref.ps