ifcfg - simplistic script which replaces ifconfig IP management ifcfg "[ " DEVICE " ] [ " command " ] " ADDRESS " [ " PEER " ] " This manual page documents briefly the ifcfg command.

This is a simplistic script replacing one option of ifconfig , namely, IP address management. It not only adds addresses, but also carries out Duplicate Address Detection RFC-DHCP, sends unsolicited ARP to update the caches of other hosts sharing the interface, adds some control routes and restarts Router Discovery when it is necessary.

DEVICE - it may have alias, suffix, separated by colon.

command - add, delete or stop.

ADDRESS - optionally followed by prefix length.

peer - optional peer address for pointpoint interfaces.

This script is not suitable for use with IPv6. "IP Command reference " ip-cref.ps