ip Command Examples

Show/manipulate routing, devices, policy routing and tunnels. Some subcommands such as ip address have their own usage documentation. More information: https://www.manned.org/ip.8.

• List interfaces with detailed info:

ip address

• List interfaces with brief network layer info:

ip -brief address

• List interfaces with brief link layer info:

ip -brief link

• Display the routing table:

ip route

• Show neighbors (ARP table):

ip neighbour

• Make an interface up/down:

ip link set {{interface}} {{up|down}}

• Add/Delete an IP address to an interface:

ip addr add/del {{ip}}/{{mask}} dev {{interface}}

• Add a default route:

ip route add default via {{ip}} dev {{interface}}