Inspecting IP Addresses
VMware recommends that you use the ip
or ss
commands as the ifconfig
and netstat
commands are deprecated.
To display a list of network interfaces, run the ss
command. Similarly, to display information for IP addresses, run the ip addr
command.
Examples:
USE THIS IPROUTE COMMAND INSTEAD OF THIS NET-TOOL COMMAND
ip addr ifconfig -a
ss netstat
ip route route
ip maddr netstat -g
ip link set eth0 up ifconfig eth0 up
ip -s neigh arp -v
ip link set eth0 mtu 9000 ifconfig eth0 mtu 9000
Use the ip route
version of a command instead of the net-tools to get accurate information:
ip neigh
198.51.100.2 dev eth0 lladdr 00:50:56:e2:02:0f STALE
198.51.100.254 dev eth0 lladdr 00:50:56:e7:13:d9 STALE
198.51.100.1 dev eth0 lladdr 00:50:56:c0:00:08 DELAY
arp -a
? (198.51.100.2) at 00:50:56:e2:02:0f [ether] on eth0
? (198.51.100.254) at 00:50:56:e7:13:d9 [ether] on eth0
? (198.51.100.1) at 00:50:56:c0:00:08 [ether] on eth0
Important: If you modify an IPv6 configuration or add an IPv6 interface, you must restart systemd-networkd
. Traditional methods of using ifconfig
commands will be inadequate to register the changes. Run the following command instead:
systemctl restart systemd-networkd
Last modified August 1, 2024: Merge pull request #1562 from naltanov/photon-hugo (a784a46)