ip

Tested on:

• Arch Linux
• Debian

Purpose

• The ip command can show and manipulate network devices and more (man ip for more info)

Basic Command Usage

ip a / ip addr

• Lists the network interfaces and related ip/MAC addresses.

ip link

• List the network devices, and their states (this information is also available in the ip a command)

ip route

• Outputs the routing table entry for the device

ip neigh

• Outputs neighbor objects sharing the same physical link

Advanced (?) Command Usage

ip addr add {IP} dev {interface}/ ip addr del {IP} dev {interface}

• Add/remove ip addresses to an interface

ip link set {interface} UP/DOWN

• Set an interface up or down

~ Slate