The iproute2 package offers the ip utility, which is a modern replacement for tools such as ifconfig, route, arp, and more. It allows you to configure addresses, links, routes, and ARP tables. The only problem is that its documentation can be quite confusing. This post is intended to be a task-oriented guide to this utility. It’s far from complete, and I intend to update it from time to time.
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