carapace-sh iproute2 In-Depth Reference
Reference for the iproute2 networking utilities — the standard Linux network configuration toolkit. The primary focus is the ip command's argument structure, object types, subcommands, selectors, and value types.
Sub-Resources
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| Keywords | Reference |
|---|---|
| ip global options, -family, -json, -oneline, -netns, -color, -brief, object list, command overview, help | references/overview.md |
| ip address, addr, IFADDR, PREFIX, CONFFLAG, FLAG-LIST, LIFETIME, SCOPE, scope, dev, label, broadcast, anycast, peer, mngtmpaddr, nodad, optimistic, noprefixroute, autojoin, home, permanent, dynamic, secondary, primary, tentative, deprecated, dadfailed, temporary, showdump, restore, save, flush, proto, ADDRPROTO | references/address.md |
| ip link, link add, link set, link show, link delete, TYPE, device type, bond, bridge, dummy, vlan, vxlan, gre, veth, macvlan, tun, tap, mtu, address, LLADDR, txqueuelen, master, nomaster, vrf, arp, multicast, promisc, xdp, vf, addrgenmode, altname, property, xstats, afstats, ETYPE, netns | references/link.md |
| ip route, route add, route del, route show, route flush, route get, ROUTE, NODE_SPEC, INFO_SPEC, NH, nexthop, nhid, via, dev, src, table, scope, proto, metric, encap, mpls, seg6, seg6local, ioam6, bpf, ip, xfrm, pref, onlink, ttl-propagate, mtu, rtt, window, cwnd, initcwnd, congctl, expires, SELECTOR, root, match, exact, fibmatch, save, restore, append, change, replace | references/route.md |
| ip rule, rule add, rule del, rule show, rule flush, rule save, rule restore, SELECTOR, not, from, to, tos, dsfield, fwmark, iif, oif, priority, preference, order, l3mdev, uidrange, ipproto, sport, dport, tun_id, ACTION, table, lookup, protocol, nat, map-to, realms, goto, type, unicast, blackhole, unreachable, prohibit, SUPPRESSOR, suppress_prefixlength, suppress_ifgroup | references/rule.md |
| ip neighbour, ip neigh, ip n, neighbour add, neighbour del, neighbour show, neighbour flush, neighbour change, neighbour replace, neighbour get, NUD state, permanent, noarp, stale, reachable, none, incomplete, delay, probe, failed, lladdr, proxy, router, use, managed, extern_learn, extern_valid, vrf, nomaster | references/neighbour.md |
| ip tunnel, tunnel add, tunnel change, tunnel del, tunnel show, tunnel prl, tunnel 6rd, MODE, ipip, gre, sit, isatap, vti, ip6ip6, ipip6, ip6gre, vti6, any, remote, local, ttl, hoplimit, tos, dsfield, tclass, flowlabel, key, ikey, okey, csum, icsum, ocsum, encaplimit, pmtudisc, ignore-df, allow-localremote, prl-default, prl-nodefault, prl-delete, 6rd-prefix, 6rd-relay_prefix, 6rd-reset | references/tunnel.md |
| ip xfrm, xfrm state, xfrm policy, xfrm monitor, SAD, SPD, IPsec, ALGO, enc, auth, auth-trunc, aead, comp, MODE, transport, tunnel, beet, reqid, spi, dir, SA-DIR, SELECTOR, TMPL, LIMIT, FLAG, ENCAP, espinudp, espintcp, offload, tfcpad, allocspi, deleteall, count, set, setdefault, getdefault, hthresh4, hthresh6 | references/xfrm.md |
| ip netns, netns list, netns add, netns attach, netns del, netns set, netns identify, netns pids, netns exec, netns monitor, netns list-id, NETNSID, network namespace | references/netns.md |
| ip addrlabel, ip maddress, ip mroute, ip mrule, ip ntable, ip token, ip tcp_metrics, ip tcpmetrics, ip ioam, ip l2tp, ip mptcp, ip vrf, ip tuntap, ip monitor, ip fou, ip ila, ip macsec, ip netconf, ip nexthop, ip sr, ip stats, multicast, IOAM, namespace, schema, MPTCP, endpoint, limits, VRF, TUN, TAP, foo-over-udp, segment routing | references/misc.md |
Quick Guide
- What are the global ip options? → references/overview.md
- What object types does ip support? → references/overview.md
- How does
ip address addwork? → references/address.md - What link types can I create? → references/link.md
- How does
ip routesyntax work? → references/route.md - What selectors does
ip ruleaccept? → references/rule.md - What NUD states are valid? → references/neighbour.md
- What tunnel modes exist? → references/tunnel.md
- How does
ip xfrmwork? → references/xfrm.md - How do network namespaces work with ip? → references/netns.md
- What about addrlabel, maddress, mptcp, l2tp, ioam, etc.? → references/misc.md