Assign IP address using ip

Question

How would I assign an IP address usng ip (the Linux tool)? I've been doing it with ifconfig so far.

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 10 '11 at 22:47

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From the ip man page:

ip addr { add | del } IFADDR dev STRING

Therefore:

ip addr add 192.168.0.1 dev eth0

answered Mar 10 '11 at 22:47

growse

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 10 '11 at 22:49

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ip addr add <IP address> dev <device name>

answered Mar 10 '11 at 22:49

chuckx

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Mar 10 '11 at 23:26

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ip addr add a.b.c.d/mm brd + dev iface

brd + means asking iproute2 to automatically calculate the broadcast address based on the subnet information. E.g.:

ip addr add 192.168.4.55/24 brd + dev eth0

answered Mar 10 '11 at 23:26

pepoluan

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