[Wylug-discuss] No ifconfig?

[Anne Wilson]

On Friday 06 Jan 2006 15:13, Nigel Metheringham wrote:
> On Fri, 2006-01-06 at 12:42 +0000, Anne Wilson wrote:
> > Moving to Debian is bringing up some surprising problems.  Ifconfig
> > is what I've always used to check interfaces.  If ifconfig is
> > 'command not found' what do I use instead?
>
> I remember this problem from back in Red Hat 7.x :-)
>
> Try:-
>         ip add
>             - lists interface addresses, can also modify them
>         ip route
>             - lists and sets IP routes
>         ip link
>             - lists and sets interface link level stuff
>         ip neigh
>             - lists/sets ARP and similar (neighbour) data
>
> it does lots lots more as well.  Theres even a man page (which is a
> lot more than there was in 1999).
>
Thanks, Nigel.  Filed for future reference.

Anne
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