10.2.2 Low level network configuration – ip

The ip equivalents of the preceding ifconfig and route commands are:

• ip link show

• ip route list

• ip link set eth0 down

• ip addr del dev eth0 local 192.168.0.3

• ip addr add dev eth0 local 192.168.0.111/24 broadcast 192.168.0.255

• ip link set eth0 up

• ip route add dev eth0 to 10.0.0.0/8 src 192.168.0.111 via 192.168.0.1

The ip program prints its command syntax when run with the argument help. For example, ip link help prints:

     Usage: ip link set DEVICE { up | down | arp { on | off } |
                          dynamic { on | off } |
                          multicast { on | off } | txqueuelen PACKETS |
                          name NEWNAME |
                          address LLADDR | broadcast LLADDR |
                          mtu MTU }
            ip link show [ DEVICE ]

See also ip(8).