March 2012
Beginner to intermediate
230 pages
7h 27m
English
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Name
ip — stdin stdout - file -- opt --help --version
Synopsis
ip [options]objectcommand...
The ip command displays and
sets various aspects of your computer’s network interface. This
topic is beyond the scope of the book, but we’ll teach you a few
tricks.
You can get information about the default network interface (usually called eth0):
$ ip addr show eth0
2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 ...
link/ether 00:50:ba:48:4f:ba brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff
inet 192.168.0.21/24 brd 192.168.0.255 scope global eth0
inet6 fe80::21e:8cff:fe53:41e4/64 scope link
valid_lft forever preferred_lft foreverThis includes your MAC address (00:50:ba:48:4f:ba), your IP address (192.168.0.21), and various other information. To view all loaded network interfaces, run:
$ ip addr show
Some other useful commands for displaying network information include:
-
ip help See usage information for all these commands
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ip addr Display IP addresses of your network devices
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ip maddr Display multicast addresses of your network devices
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ip link Display attributes of your network devices
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ip route Display your routing table
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ip monitor Begin monitoring your network devices; type
^Cto stop
Each of these commands has various options: add help on the end (e.g., ip link help) for usage. Additionally,
ip can modify your network:
configuring your network devices, managing routing tables and rules,
creating tunnels, and more. It’s part of a suite of tools called
iproute2. You’ll need networking experience to understand this ...
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