centos man page for ifcfg

IFCFG(8)							       Linux								  IFCFG(8)

NAME
       ifcfg - simplistic script which replaces ifconfig IP managment

SYNOPSIS
       ifcfg [ DEVICE [ :ALIAS: ] ] [ command ] ADDRESS [ LENGTH ] [ PEER ]

DESCRIPTION
       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 con-
       trol routes and restarts Router Discovery when it is necessary.

       I strongly recommend using it instead of ifconfig both on hosts and on routers.

IFCONFIG - COMMAND SYNTAX
       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.

EXAMPLE
       This function determines, whether this is router or host.  It returns 0, if the host is apparently not router.

SEE ALSO
       ip-cref.dvi

iproute2							 September 24 2009							  IFCFG(8)