Using ip: Examples

 

The ip utility can be used in many ways. A few example commands and their applications are provided below.

Show information for all network interfaces:

$ ip link show

Show information for the eth0 network interface, including statistics:

$ ip -s link show eth0

Set the IP address for eth0:

$ sudo ip addr add 192.168.1.7 dev eth0

Bring interface eth0 down:

$ sudo ip link set eth0 down

Set MTU to 1480 bytes for interface eth0:

$ sudo ip link set eth0 mtu 1480

Set route to network:

$ sudo ip route add 172.16.1.0/24 via 192.168.1.5