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1.TH IFCONFIG 8
2.SH NAME
3ifconfig \- configure a TCP/IP device
4.SH SYNOPSIS
5.B ifconfig
6.RB [ \-I
7.IR ip-device ]
8.RB [ \-h
9.IR ipaddr ]
10.RB [ \-n
11.IR netmask ]
12.RB [ \-m
13.IR mtu ]
14.RB [ \-iva ]
15.SH DESCRIPTION
16.B Ifconfig
17initializes a TCP/IP device setting the IP address and/or netmask. It will
18report the address and netmask set. This command may be used if the system
19has not been configured properly yet. It is only used at boot time to set a
20fixed address for a system without a physical ethernet. Normally the
21.B inet
22task will find it out by itself from the RARP server.
23.SH OPTIONS
24.TP
25.B \-h
26The decimal TCP/IP address to set.
27.TP
28.B \-n
29The netmask to set.
30.TP
31.B \-m
32The mtu to set. (Minix-vmd only.)
33.TP
34.B \-i
35Don't set the IP address or netmask if already set. This way ifconfig cannot
36interfere if the numbers have been found out by RARP.
37.TP
38.B \-v
39Report IP address and netmask. This is the default action if there are no
40other options.
41.TP
42.B \-a
43Report the IP addresses and netmasks of all configured interfaces.
44.SH "SEE ALSO"
45.BR hostaddr (1),
46.BR rarpd (8),
47.BR inet (8),
48.BR boot (8).
49.SH AUTHOR
50Kees J. Bot (kjb@cs.vu.nl)
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