Questions tagged [ifconfig]
ifconfig (short for interface configuration) is a system administration utility
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Netplan configuration doesn't seem to be taking effect
After configuring a static ip address in /etc/netplan/01-network-manager-all.yaml for my wlan interface, the ip address nor the dns changed.
I used sudo netplan generate and sudo netplan apply, but ...
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wlan0 not showing up in ifconfig/iwconfig
ive tried all the other threads and nothing is working. im very new and need help. im trying to use reaver and when i attempt it says [-] Failed to retrieve a MAC address for interface 'wlan0'! so i ...
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The 'proper' way to get ONLY my eth0 netmask via CLI in Ubuntu 18.04 on VPS?
According to this answer and many other tutorials throughout the web, ifconfig will list lots of fascinating and useful information. And, that seems the standard way to find out stuff like my netmask.
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Ifconfig nonexistent, no wifi adapter
It appears this is a common topic but I think my problem may be unique in that I cannot find ifconfig. I was trying to follow this tutorial and others. I am on Ubuntu 18.04 and Windows 10. When I type
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ifconfig shows I do not have WiFi on 18.04 [duplicate]
I'm running Ubuntu 18.04 on a late 2015 Macbook Pro. I'm posting this through WiFi. My Gnome3 shell recognizes WiFi is on. However, I cannot get my WiFi MAC address because there does not seem to be a ...
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Connection works, iwconfig doesn't
I am trying to get information about my wlan0 connection from iwconfig. When I run iwconfig I get this:
wlan0 no wireless extensions.
When I run ifconfig I get
wlan0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ...
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On 16.04, ifconfig-style interface-alias is lost when dhclient fails to get a lease
I have a lot of machines (both old ubuntu14.04 as well as newer ubuntu16.04) that have their integrated ethernet configured like this:
/etc/network/interfaces:
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet ...
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Ubuntu 18 LTS : Network not started at system startup
After a big system freeze linked to a Jenkins frozen build, not network interfaces started at system boot.
Every time i boot, i have to do:
ifconfig eth0 up
then
dhclient -v eth0
and
service ...
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Failed to start session, WiFi down
All of a sudden I receive a "Failed to start session" on Ubuntu when I login with lightgdm.
I googled solutions, and they all tell me to reinstall ubuntu-desktop, however it seems like my WiFi card ...
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ifconfig interrupt issue
Can I get some help with ifconfig on an Ubuntu Server 14.04 system? I'm building the system as a router so it has two interfaces. When I run ifconfig, one of the NICs (eth1, my LAN interface, which is ...
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VM (created through Vagrant) is not listing the inet in eth1
I created a vm through vagrant with the following in vagrant file:
config.vm.box = "ubuntu/trusty64"
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config.vm.network "public_network"
Note the warnings here :
default: Warning: ...
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Ubuntu 14.04 lost wlan0 connection after a certain time
My computer is running Ubuntu 14.04 without GUI. The wlan0 connection is working fine (in the first 5 mins or so) every time I start the computer.
Here are the ifconfig and iwfonfig output at the ...
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Clean output from IP like ifconfig gave
Is there a way to get a clean/well formatted output from ip?
I know I'm still learning to us it but compared to what ifconfig used to print 'ip a' is just a mess and takes far longer for your eye to ...
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Change network mac address using “ip” command
Usually I would be able to change my wifi mac address with the ifconfig command like :
ifconfig <iface> hw ether XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX
Ubuntu have however deprecated ifconfig in behalf of the "ip" ...
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switching from ifconfig to ip but still not seen by router
I have searched google, askubuntu and stackoverflow and I cannot find a solution to my situation.
currently on ubuntu 16.04.4 LTS
previously connected to Netgear R7000 behind att pace 5268AC with a ...
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ping to alias IP failes
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04.4 on lenovo yoga 900.
I have a tp-link ethernet adapter.
I configured the network (/etc/network/interfaces) with 2 fixed IPs as follows:
auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
auto ...
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Ifconfig in Ubuntu 18.04 is not working [duplicate]
Recently I have switched from Ubuntu 16.04 to 18.04 and I have found that ifconfig is not working in Ubuntu 18.04.
So what alternative does Ubuntu 18.04 offer and what is the reason for removing/...
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How to activate a network card
Hello I am trying to set up a firewall on a ubuntu 16.04 server. I am using VMware Workstation 14 for the server and then I have to activate my new added network cards. I cant see them when I use ...
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OpenSuSE removed netstat and ifconfig. What are the plans for ubuntu?
OpenSuSE removed netstat and ifconfig. What are the plans for Ubuntu?
Will Ubuntu remove these commands, too?
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ifconfig missing after Ubuntu 18.04 install
I've just installed Ubuntu 18.04 and selected "minimal install". I then tried to run ifconfig in the terminal and got the following message
-bash: ifconfig: command not found
How come the net-tools ...
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Can't connect to wifi - Wifi device wlp1s0 disconnected
Been having trouble with wifi on my laptop for a few months now when I am in ubuntu. Out of nowhere, I no longer see a network symbol in the top right of my UI. Wifi connections that I already had ...
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Ubuntu 17.10 with two NICs: routing requests to correct NIC
I have done a bunch of searches about this, and found a lot of answers that don't quite seem to fit my question. If this question has been answered already, I apologize.
My PC has Ubuntu 17.10, and ...
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Add second IP-address to interface in 17.10
How do I add a second IP-address in Ubuntu 17.10 like the old days where you could add eth0:1, eth0:2 etc.
I've tried but lots of commands have been deprecated like ifup, ifdown etc. and the network ...
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Ubuntu 16.04 server is responding to arp requests for other interfaces- this is NOT two NICS on ONE network
So, I've got this issue on my Ubuntu boxes, and this behavior does not occur on FreeBSD, Solaris, Windows, or even VMware ESXI.
Scenario:
Ubuntu Server has 2 NICs, one CAT6 to one switch, one Fiber ...
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ifconfig wlan0 down in ubuntu 17.10
I am wondering how to use ip in ubuntu 17.10.
For instance, how we are going to implement the following down/up in ubuntu 17.10?
ifconfig wlan0 down/up
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Tap NIC Auto Up on Reboot Issues
I am running Ubuntu 16.04.3 and have 2 NICs, ens160 and ens192. Ens160 is for management and functions fine, however, ens192 is receiving data from a tap. The problem I'm having with ens192 is that it ...
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inet addr missing after ifconfig
I am making a cloud server and am following this video tutorial. Everything went FUBAR when I used the ifconfig command in the terminal and did not receive the IP of my server. I have also tried ...
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cannot maintain new mac address via macchanger
While playing with macchanger, I noticed that in attempting to create a random mac address, upon bring the wireless connection back online the mac address reverts to the permanent mac address once i ...
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no primary network interface declared for /etc/network/interfaces
Looking at setting up a bridge network, I switched from wi-fi to a wired connection. However, my networking is different than described:
$ cat /etc/network/interfaces
# interfaces(5) file used by ...
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ifconfig not updating with new dhcp provided address
I have a machine that I've setup as a router using Ubuntu 17.10 server.
I have three Ethernet ports: one I use as a WAN [referred here as: ${WAN}], and the other two I've bridged as LAN.
My WAN ...
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Interfaces with non-physical interfaces
I found a rather big difference between some boxes I have (some are debian... some ubuntu), and I'm not sure why... or what the fix might be.
Essentially... if I create an "iface" entry in interfaces ...
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difference between methods to use multiple ip addresses
I have a question about using multiple ip addresses on one NIC card.
I have searched, and found some methods.
Method 1 (Adding new ip, 192.168.201.131)
Add new ip by using ip addr add command
$ ...
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Why does `/sbin` not included in $PATH for new user?
ifconfig is located in /sbin/ifconfig. I don't have problem issuing ifconfig command in root user.
The problem started when I created a new user.
root@Ubuntu:~# useradd -m user
root@Ubuntu:~#
root@...
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Network connection failure
There is network connection loss on an Ubuntu 16.04.3 desktop machine.
systemctl status networking.service gives following output:
Failed to start Raise network interfaces.
sudo service networking ...
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How do I configure DNS resolution if resolvconf doesn't work?
My /etc/resolv.conf will not be written so DNS resolution is not working.
I'm running Ubuntu Server 16.04.1 LTS in a virtual machine on our office server.
This is my /etc/network/interfaces:
# This ...
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How do I assign a static IP address in Ubuntu 17.04 without rebooting?
How do I assign static IP addresses to interfaces in Ubuntu (17.04)
without rebooting the machine? This is pretty straightforward on a
Unix machine, but I'm having trouble on this one.
Please don't ...
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ifconfig wlan0 up error [closed]
Whenever I run ifconfig wlan0 up I get:
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Operation not permitted
my lshw -C network shows:
*-network:1 DISABLED
description: Wireless interface
physical id: 2
logical name: ...
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wlo1 Interrupt:19
I have got a problem with my network. After I installed bunch libs and Programms (i am sure that none of them is about the network) to my ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS, I am no longer able to connect to wifi. ...
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Ubuntu and Static IP Address
I'm trying to figure out how I can assign a static IP address to my default ethernet adapter eth0 - all attempts so far have been fruitless and ended up in frustration.
I am running Ubuntu 14.04.5 ...
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Capture particular details from `ifconfig` using a script [closed]
Let's say I run the command ifconfig for my connected network.
How can make a bash script to use this command and find what comes after inet , netmask and broadcast and print those IP Addresses in a ...
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Can I change the ipconfig names to the old convention? wlanX, ethX? [duplicate]
Some time ago there was a monumental change in the naming convention for networking in Ubuntu. wlanx became some strange vlp43txuv and eth0 became enpcl231.
Why it became to be an ordinary user like ...
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Can't have dhcp and static IP on the same interface [duplicate]
I'm having a problem. Can't set dhcp and static IP on the same interface at the same time.
My interfaces file:
auto eth0
allow-hotplug eth0
iface eth0 inet dhcp
iface eth0:0 inet static
address 192....
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Unable to change MAC using macchanger in UBUNTU 17
I've using macchanger in UBUNTU 16.04 to change the mac address of wireless lan (in order to be able to manage chromecast in my hotel).
I made a script to set my wireless lan MAC as the same MAC of ...
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ifconfig not showing the correct ip address
There is an Ubuntu server (16.04.02 LTS) running on vm in production.
From Internet I can ssh to it via xxx.xxx.xxx.27, I can also access the websites on it via both ip (xxx.xxx.xxx.27) and hostname.
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How to get MAC address from ifconfig
How can I get MAC address on my notebook? I know I must input ifconfig, but I don't see the line "HWaddr".
This is my output:
$ sudo ifconfig
enp3s0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu ...
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Network Manager conf file
I found a few sources explaining how it's possible to change your Mac Address via the Network Manager conf file:
1) Create the following file:
/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/30-anon.conf
2) put the ...
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Why is there no easy PERMANENT way to spoof your wifi Mac address on ubuntu?
I apologize in advance for my feelings of unhappiness. I have been looking at all the alternatives out there to spoof my Mac Address on ubuntu. What I want is to spoof my Mac Address and for it to ...
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cloned mac address not working [duplicate]
When I run ifconfig I see a specific mac address connected to my Ethernet connection.
So to change my mac address, I go to the topright where the internet connections are displayed, click on the Edit ...
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Could not create tunnel device. Fatal. when running icmptx
I'm trying to follow this tutorial on using ICMP protocol to access the internet to bypass a public WiFi's authentication page.
Why do I get Could not create tunnel device. Fatal. when I run icmptx -...
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(Ubuntu Server) Is there a way to check if eth0 is working, and if not, enable wlan0?
Hi I'm setting up a server that has a wireless card and an ethernet card. I'd like to have only the eth0 connection working. However, if the eth0 fails for some reason, I'd like it to turn on wlan0 ...
