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ifconfig

Use the "ifconfig" command to view and configure TCP/IP (IP address, subnet mask, broadcast address, default gateway address) for the machine.

View settings

msh> ifconfig

IPv4 configuration

msh> ifconfig "interface_name" "address"

Interface name

Interface configured

ether

Ethernet Interface

The following explains how to configure an IPv4 address 192.168.15.16 on the Ethernet interface.

msh> ifconfig ether 192.168.15.16

IPv6 configuration

msh> ifconfig "interface_name" inet6 "address" "prefixlen[1–128]"

The following explains how to configure an IPv6 address to 2001:DB8::100 with a prefix length of 64 on the Ethernet interface.

msh> ifconfig ether inet6 2001:DB8::100 64

Netmask configuration

msh> ifconfig "interface_name" netmask "address"

The following explains how to configure a subnet mask 255.255.255.0 on the Ethernet interface.

msh> ifconfig ether netmask 255.255.255.0

Broadcast address configuration

msh> ifconfig "interface_name" broadcast "address"

Changing the interface

msh> ifconfig "interface" up

Note

  • To get the above addresses, contact your network administrator.

  • Use the default configuration if you cannot obtain setting addresses.

  • Use "0x" as the initial two letters of a hexadecimal address.