At 05:52 AM 9/18/02 +0000, pa3gcu wrote: >On Tuesday 17 September 2002 20:28, Ray Olszewski wrote: > > > Some distros use the command "ip" instead. I believe "ip link" is the way > > to get interface info. > >Ray, i dont want to conradict you but, "ip" is a linux command so i cant see >how it could be a distro spesific command, mind you i am not saying that it >is not either. > >ip which used to be a seperate linux routing command it was first implimented >in an archive called iproute2 it is now included in slackware and AFAIK some >other distro's. > >One uses 'ip' mainly for routing via tunnels. > >ip -V returns; >ip utility, iproute2-ss990824
We are not really disagreeing, Richard, just saying the same thing a bit differently. As far as I know, the iproute package is available for all the major distros, and some of the minor ones. But Debian, to choose the example I know best, does not include it as part of a default install. You need to install it separately. The "ip" command also requires that the kernel have some options enabled, options that not all stock kernels use (I forget the exact ones right now or I'd be more precise here). At least one specialized distribution, LEAF, uses ip *instead* of ifconfig (and route); those two commands are not part of a default LEAF install. Since I don't know what ALL the major distros are up to these days, I didn't want to leave the original poster high and dry if he happened to be using a distro that did not include ifconfig (it wasn't until a later posting that he mentioned using Red Hat, so I didn't know at the time what he had installed). So I mentioned ip just in case. The "ip" command can almost completely replace ifconfig and route. (I say "almost" because I haven't found an equivalent for "ifconfig -a".) In at least one specialized distro I am familiar with, it does replace them. In environments where both choices are available, I expect you are right about the usual use of "ip". -- -------------------------------------------"Never tell me the odds!"-------- Ray Olszewski -- Han Solo Palo Alto, California, USA [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
