ifcfg − simplistic script which replaces ifconfig IP managment
ifcfg [ DEVICE [ :ALIAS: ] ] [ command ] ADDRESS [ LENGTH ] [ PEER ]
This manual page documents briefly the ifcfg command.
This is a simplistic script replacing one option of 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.
I strongly recommend using it instead of ifconfig both on hosts and on routers.
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DEVICE |
- it may have alias, suffix, separated by colon. |
command
- add, delete or stop.
address
- optionally followed by prefix length.
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peer |
- optional peer address for pointpoint interfaces. |
This function determines, whether this is router or host. It returns 0, if the host is apparently not router.
ip-cref.dvi