Questions tagged [ifconfig]
a command from Linux POSIX operating system able to give information about the IP network.
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add Second VLAN2 when eth0.2 exists. Linux
Currently I have eth0.2 VLAN, on vlan2, works great.
How can i add second VLAN 2?
would eth0.2:2 work?
Running CENTOS 6
Thank you. er
I did try:
[root@computer ~]# dhclient eth0.2:2
sysfs read ...
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Can I use the command "$sudo ifconfig eth0" to set a static internal IP on a Lan? [Raspberry Pi OS]
I am setting up a home server on a Raspberry Pi 4 with the latest version of Raspberry Pi OS on it. The first thing I want to do is create a static internal IP address for it so that I can reliably ...
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No wireless - lost wpl3s0 - Kubuntu
No more wireless after a strange bootup. When the screen should be black during bootup, it took on many colours, sometimes looking like northern lights. Rebooting -> the same. I saw some error ...
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ifconfig -a is showing br-ba165999130f instead of eth0 (ethernet works)
I have my PC connected to the router using a cable and I also connected a WIFI USB TP-LINK.
Just checking ifconfig -a and I noticed there is no eth0 interface. Instead, the first one is called br-...
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Why Dig, Curl and Ifconfig gives separate results?
I hit customer FTP and it gives following IP : 212.18.129.202
My production server has IP:
eno16780032: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 146.213.179.131 netmask 255.255....
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What does BSS not found error means in Wifi?
I have a yocto linux distribution and installed the rtl8723bu linux driver for the usb dongle.
After plugging the usb i am getting some logs and also this log below..
[ 1985.355372] RTL871X: ...
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warning: no inet socket available: No such file or directory
so there i am using chroot to chrooting into debian bootstrap everything worked just right on root account until i added a new user to figure out that i cannot do update or access xdisplay or ...
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How to add/enable a new vNIC interface on linux
I want to configure vNIC interface (ens37) with a manual IP address - 192.168.16.1/24 on linux box
Currently I see ens33 configured. So this is another interface I want to manually add.
Any ideas how ...
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Setting a wifi on an embedded linux - not seeing wlan0 on ifconfig
I'm trying to set up a wifi on this linux-based embedded board which has a wifi module embedded on top of it.
I have configured hostapd.conf and wpa_supplicant.conf with the specific SSID and password....
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ifconfig not included in Ubuntu 20.04 / Hyper-V
I have a bash script that does, among other things, MY_IP="$(ifconfig en0 inet)" but apparently Ubuntu 20.04 / Hyper-V / WSL2 doesn't have ifconfig.
Is there a way to install it or do I need ...
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How to change MTU without ifconfig in ubuntu 18.04?
I need to change the MTU size in my newly installed ubuntu 18.04. This can be done with ifconfig.
But i can not install ifconfig. Whenever i run command sudo apt install net-tools i get the following ...
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why `ifconfig` shows 3 eth interfaces, while router has four
My router (Netgear r6700) has four ethernet ports.
I telnet to it, and run ifconfig:
br0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr <mac address>
inet addr:192.168.1.1 Bcast:192.168.1.255 ...
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USB Wifi Adapter connected to Kali Vbox but absent in ifconfig
I installed VirtualBox-6.1.12-139181 for Windows 10 with Oracle_VM_VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-6.1.12 and imported the latest Kali VirtualBox Image kali-linux-2020.2a-vbox-amd64 from offensive-security
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how to disable wwan0 and prevent it from starting up again?
I'm using a Raspberry Pi with the SIM7600E 4G hat to set up a point-to-point protocol connection, using pppd. This all sets up correctly all works, however when I use it to browse the internet, the ...
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No wireless interface on Debian 10 (Asus X502C)
I just installed Debian 10 on a Asus X502C laptop. It previously had a Win/Ubuntu dual boot and the WiFi worked fine.
uname -a
Linux debian 4.19.0-9-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 4.19.118-2+deb10u1 (2020-06-07) ...
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OpenBSD 6.6 wlan DHCP no link, routing issues
I've been bashing my head against this for a few days so I'm asking for help.
The machine is a Thinkpad using a Intel PRO 2100 wifi card with the ipw driver (https://man.openbsd.org/ipw).
I tried ...
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Instructions to spoof MAC address in OS X High Sierra not working
I am following these instructions to spoof MAC address in High Sierra OS X:
https://blog.macsales.com/43777-tech-101-spoofing-a-mac-address-in-macos-high-sierra/
but I get unexpected errors such as:
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Why I can't navigate after set a fix IP on a Linux machine virtualized on VMWare?
I am not so into networking and I am finding the following problem trying to configure a fix IP on a Linux virtual machine virtualized on VmWare.
The networking mode condigured on VmWare is NAT and ...
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ifconfig command not working on Kali Linux
I installed Kali Linux in a virtual machine, but the ifconfig command is not working and permission denied. I've searched many answers on YouTube and Google. But there is no command that works. My PC ...
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Why do `ip` and `ifconfig` have different behaviors when the interface is down?
I first shutdown interfaces
# Shutdown the interfaces
ip link set enp2s0f0 down
ip link set enp2s0f1 down
Using ifconfig:
# Set subnets to interfaces
ifconfig enp2s0f0 10.0.0.1/24
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ifconfig shows multiple network interfaces
When I run ifconfigon my Macbook air 2018 with MacOS Mojave 10.14.6 I get this:
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
options=1203<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TXSTATUS,SW_TIMESTAMP&...
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ifconfig shows a bunch of network interfaces [duplicate]
When I run ifconfigon my Macbook air 2018 with MacOS Mojave 10.14.6 I get this:
lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384
options=1203<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TXSTATUS,SW_TIMESTAMP&...
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Network interface for VPN connection explanation
I'd like to know exactly what is happening when I create a connection with my company's VPN.
When I connect (using OpenVPN), I see the following network interface by using ifconfig:
utun3: flags=...
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How to change local network info (ip, netmask, broadcast) using ifconfig
I am following along with the book Linux Basics for Hackers (No Starch Press, 2018) using Kali Linux (2019.1a) with VirtualBox and when changing my network info (chapter 3) I am no longer able to ...
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Ifconfig report some interfaces with strange names on MacOS
The command
ifconfig
Report some strange interfaces on MacOS
OHC6: flags=0<> mtu 0
OHC4: flags=0<> mtu 0
EHC36: flags=0<> mtu 0
EHC38: flags=0<> mtu 0
What is OHC and EHC?
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ppp interface and an ethernet interface both not working together
I have a Rasberry Pi with two network interfaces.
One is a ppp interface connecting to a cellular modem over USB.
The other is a local ethernet connection with an ethernet cable connected to a ...
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OracleLinux 7.5 Virtual Box No IP
Host is Mac OS High Sierra
VBox version is 5.2.16
Guest is Oracle Linux 7
VM Network Adaper type is Bridged
I installed and set this VM on whilst on network 172.16.21.0, and it worked fine with the ...
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How to change the MAC address of a networking interface on FreeBSD 11.1
I'm trying to change the MAC address of my network card (a generic card using an Intel chipset) on my. system that is running FreeBSD (FREEBSD 11.1-RELEASE-p7).
I get the following output when I ...
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“”ping 8.8.8.8 connect: Network is unreachable“” in centOS 7 on VMware workstation 14
I am trying to work with centOS 7 which I installed on VMware workstation.
But it doesn't have internet connection:
$ ping 8.8.8.8
connect: Network is unreachable
$ ping www.google.com
ping: www....
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DNS 127.0.1.1 not working because of an unknown issue
I have an internet connection through Ethernet LAN cable (connected on interface eth7). My Ubuntu OS shows that internet is connected. However, when I search on the browser, page shows that I am not ...
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Ubuntu 18.04 New Netplan / IP Configuration (pointopoint?) (Need Example)
I have a Root-Server with Proxmox installed. Until now, i always had Ubuntu 16. Now i upgraded a VM to Ubuntu 18 and i need a example for the new netplan Configuration.
This was my old interfaces ...
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Changing MAC address of an interface without making it down
All the examples I see on internet for changing the mac address of an interface in linux, first makes the interface down and then update the mac address and finally bring the interface up. But, I can ...
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How to find source code of specific version of linux tools, i.e. ifconfig
I had a weird situation yesterday when a shell script broke on the machine of colleague. the Script was parsing output from ifconfig, and it would assume that there was no : (colon) after the ...
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How does tcpdump configure an interface it begins to capture packets from?
On an Arago embedded linux system, an interface would normally be able to ping other destinations on the network. However, the pings stop working when using a utility such as iperf or scp to send TCP ...
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VPS internet has been killed. How do I fix it?
I am working with a friend on a VPS we use. Recently out root password was leaked and out internet has been completely ruined. ifconfig wan't recognised as a valid command or anything.
I managed to ...
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Why does ifconfig only show the first IP of a network interface configured with systemd-networkd?
So I'm not sure what's going on here, but I've duplicated this problem on multiple different servers on Ubuntu 17.04 (up to date) yet I can't find any other reports of this, so I have to imagine I'm ...
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SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not permitted
I am trying to connect my TP-Link AC600 wireless adapter through the USB port to connect to Kali linux Rolling but I am having issues getting it to show up with ifconfig
root@kali:~# ifconfig
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how to delete SSID data from Debian wifi interface?
I have Debian distribution and when I want to reset the WIFI connection I run the following command:
ifconfig wlan0 down
and I also delete the wpasupplicant.conf file but when starting the network ...
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Physical and wireless interfaces in macOS
I have a MacBook Pro (Retina, 13-inch, Late 2013) running macOS 10.12.1.
I know from reading another answer:
There's no eth0 on default configurations of OS X. By default, en0 and en1 are your ...
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Identify the ethN interface containing a particular octet in CentOS
I have a specific need to identify which interface a part of an octet (e.g. xx.xx.xx.112) belongs to on a CentOS machine
My initial idea was to dump the output of ifconfig and parse it manually to ...
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Is it possible to restrict connection to database in Docker container at particular interface on Ubuntu 16?
I have MySQL database on a server (I use Percona in Docker container) with several network interfaces.
My system is Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS.
ifconfig
eth0 Link encap:...
inet addr:95.*.*.*...
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Linux ifconfig - what does ifconfig | grep -Po "HWaddr \K.*$"
I was hoping somebody could explain bit by bit what each part of this command does.
ifconfig | grep -Po "HWaddr \K.*$"
e.g. what The -Po is for?
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When I type in ifconfig to the command line, what does the information mean? [closed]
When I type in ifconfig I see a lot of information, what does it mean? Especially the information under the heading eth0.
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Trying to find my public ipv6 address for ubuntu server and godaddy
I have just set up ubuntu server, and I cant figure out this stupid xfinity router/modem. So what I've managed to do is set a static ipv6 on ubuntu server
iface enp4s0 inet6 static
address 2601:407:...
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wlan0 RX/TX packets increase but no connection established
I am wondering why the wlan0 interface on my Raspberry Pi configured as a HotSpot and not connected to any client has its "RX/TX packets" counters from ifconfig increase continuously? Since no client ...
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How do I make ifconfig/dhclient setting permanent in FreeBSD?
Lately, for the purpose of smoke-testing the Perl 5 core distribution, I have been using VirtualBox to install VMs of various versions of FreeBSD on a Linux x86_64 host.
In my first attempt at doing ...
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"ifconfig" gives an error on Bash on Ubuntu on Windows
When I try using the command "ifconfig" on Bash on Ubuntu on Windows(WSL), it gives me an error like this :-
root@example:~# ifconfig
Warning: cannot open /proc/net/dev (No such file or ...
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What is the purpose of configuring the netmask on an ipv4 interface on a Linux machine?
I am wondering what is the netmask used for in the Linux network stack.
Let's assume I have an interface eth0 configured to ip 1.1.1.1 and netmask 255.255.255.0
now I am sending a packet to 1.1.1.2 ...
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Linux Web Server Cannot ping localhost or anything on the internet
My ubuntu 12.04 server was working fine a few days ago. I didn't change any server configurations, but today all of a sudden I can't ping anything. What could be the potential issue here? I can't even ...
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Not able to spoof MAC address in Kali Linux
The MAC address is spoofed when the network interface is down or not connected to any AP. But as soon as I connect to any access point it changes the spoofed MAC address to the original address.
I ...
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