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IFCONFIG ( 1M ) IFCONFIG

metric n

Set the routing metric of the interface to n; the default metric is zero.

Higher metrics have the effect of making a route less favorable; metrics are

counted as additional hops to the destination network or host. The rout-

ing metric is used by the routing protocol routed(1M).

mtu mtu

Set the Maximum Transmission Unit of the interface to mtu; the default

metric is the value that was returned by the interface when the network

was started.

netmask mask

(Internet Address family only). Identify the portions of the Internet

address to be used for the network and subnetwork specification; the

remainder is used as the host specification. It is strongly recommended

that the subnetwork field be contiguous with the network portion. The

32-bit address mask contains 1’s for the bit positions in the network and

subnet parts, and 0’s for the host part. The mask can be specified as a sin-

gle hexadecimal number (for example, 0xffffff00), with a dot notation

Internet address (for example, 255.255.255.0), or with a pseudo-network

name listed in the network table networks(4).

up Mark an interface as being UP. This is used to re-enable an interface after

an marking it down. An interface is automatically marked up when its

address is first set. If the interface was reset when previously marked

down, the hardware will be re-initialized.

DIAGNOSTICS

Exit status is zero for normal termination, a positive number for error termination.

Messages may indicate the specified interface does not exist, the requested

address is unknown, or that a nonprivileged user tried to alter an interface confi-

guration.

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