.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