Network Configuration

ifconfig

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Overview

A classic command for configuring and checking network interfaces.

Details

A traditional command from the net-tools package for configuring and checking network interfaces. Migration to the ip family of commands has been progressing. The ip commands handle modern needs -- flexibly adding IPv6 or multiple addresses, managing VLAN or tunnel interfaces -- better than ifconfig can, which is why many distributions no longer install it by default.

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