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ip

Show/manipulate routing, devices, policy routing and tunnels. Some subcommands such as ip address have their own usage documentation. More information: https://www.man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/ip.8.html.
  • List interfaces with detailed info:
    ip address
  • List interfaces with brief network layer info:
    ip -brief address
  • List interfaces with brief link layer info:
    ip -brief link
  • Display the routing table:
    ip route
  • Show neighbors (ARP table):
    ip neighbour
  • Make an interface up/down:
    ip link set {{interface}} up/down
  • Add/Delete an IP address to an interface:
    ip addr add/del {{ip}}/{{mask}} dev {{interface}}
  • Add a default route:
    ip route add default via {{ip}} dev {{interface}}

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