‘ip’ Command cheat sheet (Command Line Reference)

ip command provided by the iproute package is used to adjust addresses, link state, routing tables, neighbour objects, and manage a system’s network components. The ip command is a powerful tool designed to replace many of the old net-tools commands still in use like ifconfig. Below is a command line reference/cheat sheet of the ‘ip’ command.

IP QUERIES

addr: Display IP Addresses and property information (abbreviation of address)

link: Manage and display the state of all network interfaces

route: Display and alter the routing table.

maddr: Manage and display multicast IP addresses.

neigh: Show neighbour objects; also known as the ARP table for IPv4

MODIFYING ADDRESS AND LINK PROPERTIES

addr add: Add an address.

addr del: Delete an address.

link set: Alter the status of the interface.

ADJUSTING AND VIEWING ROUTES

route add: Add an entry to the routing table.

route delete: Delete a routing table entry.

route replace: Replace, or add if not defined, a route.

route get: Display the route an address will take.

MANAGING THE ARP TABLE

neigh add: Add an entry to the ARP Table.

neigh del: Invalidate an entry.

neigh replace: Replace, or adds if not defined, an entry to the ARP table.

MULTICAST ADDRESSING

maddr add: Add a static link-layer multicast address.

maddr del: Delete a multicast address.