Iproute2 commands

• Last updated: Dec 28, 2020

Iproute2 is the new way to controll and monitor networking in the Linux kernel.

Commands

Addr

• Configure IP address :

root@host:~# ip addr add 192.168.2.41/24 dev eth0

• Add an IP aliase to the same interface :

root@host:~# ip addr add 192.168.2.42/24 dev eth0

• Remove default gateway :

root@host:~# ip route del default

• Define the default gateway address :

root@host:~# ip route add default via 192.168.2.1

• Add route :

root@host:~# ip route add 192.168.1.210 dev ppp0

Link

• Enable interface :

root@host:~# ip link set ens33 up

• Disable interface :

root@host:~# ip link set ens33 down

VLAN

• Create a VLAN interface :

root@host:~# ip link add link eth0 name IPv6 type vlan id 10

root@host:~# ip link set IPv6 up

• Remove a VLAN interface :

root@host:~# ip link set IPv6 down

root@host:~# ip link delete IPv6