| .TH IFCFG 8 "September 24 2009" "iproute2" "Linux" |
| .SH NAME |
| ifcfg \- simplistic script which replaces ifconfig IP management |
| .SH SYNOPSIS |
| .ad l |
| .in +8 |
| .ti -8 |
| .B ifcfg |
| .RI "[ " DEVICE " ] [ " command " ] " ADDRESS " [ " PEER " ] " |
| .sp |
| |
| .SH DESCRIPTION |
| This manual page documents briefly the |
| .B ifcfg |
| command. |
| .PP |
| This is a simplistic script replacing one option of |
| .B 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. |
| |
| .SH IFCONFIG - COMMAND SYNTAX |
| |
| .SS |
| .TP |
| .B DEVICE |
| - it may have alias, suffix, separated by colon. |
| |
| .TP |
| .B command |
| - add, delete or stop. |
| |
| .TP |
| .B ADDRESS |
| - optionally followed by prefix length. |
| |
| .TP |
| .B peer |
| - optional peer address for pointpoint interfaces. |
| |
| .SH NOTES |
| This script is not suitable for use with IPv6. |
| |
| .SH SEE ALSO |
| .RB "IP Command reference " ip-cref.ps |