Contents

• About this document
• ip -- command syntax
• ip -- error messages
• ip link -- network device configuration
  • ip link set -- change device attributes
  • ip link show -- display device attributes
  
  
• ip address -- protocol address management
  • ip address add -- add a new protocol address
  • ip address delete -- delete a protocol address
  • ip address show -- display protocol addresses
  • ip address flush -- flush protocol addresses
  
  
• ip neighbour -- neighbour/arp tables management
  • ip neighbour add -- add a new neighbour entry ip neighbour change -- change an existing entry ip neighbour replace -- add a new entry or change an existing one
  • ip neighbour delete -- delete a neighbour entry
  • ip neighbour show -- list neighbour entries
  • ip neighbour flush -- flush neighbour entries
  
  
• ip route -- routing table management
  • ip route add -- add a new route ip route change -- change a route ip route replace -- change a route or add a new one
  • ip route delete -- delete a route
  • ip route show -- list routes
  • ip route save - save routing tables
  • ip route restore - restore routing tables
  • ip route flush -- flush routing tables
  • ip route get -- get a single route
  
  
• ip rule -- routing policy database management
  • ip rule add -- insert a new rule ip rule delete -- delete a rule
  • ip rule show -- list rules
  • ip rule save - save rules tables
  • ip rule restore - restore rules tables
  
  
• ip maddress -- multicast addresses management
  • ip maddress show -- list multicast addresses
  • ip maddress add -- add a multicast address ip maddress delete -- delete a multicast address
  
  
• ip mroute -- multicast routing cache management
  • ip mroute show -- list mroute cache entries
  
  
• ip tunnel -- tunnel configuration
  • ip tunnel add -- add a new tunnel ip tunnel change -- change an existing tunnel ip tunnel delete -- destroy a tunnel
  • ip tunnel show -- list tunnels
  
  
• ip monitor and rtmon -- state monitoring
• Route realms and policy propagation, rtacct
• Bibliography
• Source address selection
• Proxy ARP/NDISC
• Route NAT status
• Example: minimal host setup
• Example: ifcfg -- interface address management