Linux systems provide a lot of useful commands for reviewing network configuration and connections. Here's a look at a few, including ifquery, ifup, ifdown and ifconfig. There are a lot of commands ...

I use the ipconfig command in the cmd prompt so much, I was wondering if it was possible to make a shortcut to it. I usually go start, run, cmd, then type it, but I am curious if it is possible to ...

Want to get even more familiar with your network adapters? The ifconfig command is not the only tool for examining your interfaces. Since 1998 or so, a tool called ethtool has been available for ...

Unix sysadmins routinely use the “ifconfig -a” command to list network parameters associated with their systems. In particular, they use this command to determine the IP address, netmask and broadcast ...

You've probably used the ipconfig command to view TCP/IP settings and renew a DHCP lease. In addition to these tasks, ipconfig can also help you manage DNS settings on a computer. For example, the DNS ...