The ifconfig command can tell you a lot about your Unix server’s connection to your network and the role it’s playing in both generating and receiving network traffic. The newer ip command does much ...

The drivers and network utilities the developers of Ubuntu include with their Linux distribution make using Wi-Fi on your business's Ubuntu-powered PCs or mobile devices almost trouble-free. For ...

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 ...

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 ...