Running the ifconfig command with no parameters shows a lot of info about the various interfaces. I don't see something similar with ip. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I concur. This, for me, provides more immediate usable info... #ifconfig eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:00:00:00 inet addr:192.168.100.6 Bcast:192.168.100.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 inet6 addr: de80::2d0:84ff:fe8d:4c4b/64 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:6443185052 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:5575293917 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000 RX bytes:2033485106938 (1939282.5 Mb) TX bytes:359583320199 (342925.3 Mb) Interrupt:25 lo Link encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1 RX packets:7666963 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:7666963 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 RX bytes:1663061932 (1586.0 Mb) TX bytes:1663061932 (1586.0 Mb) <snip> than this; # ip addr 1: lo: <LOOPBACK,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 16436 qdisc noqueue link/loopback 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd 00:00:00:00:00:00 inet 127.0.0.1/8 scope host lo inet6 ::1/128 scope host valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever 2: eth0: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast qlen 1000 link/ether 00:00:00:00:00:00 brd ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff inet 192.168.100.6/24 brd 192.168.100.255 scope global eth0 inet6 de80::2d0:84ff:fe8d:4c4b/64 scope link valid_lft forever preferred_lft forever <snip> To get info similar to ipconfig from 'ip' you need to issue two commands; ip -s -s link ip addr [Thanks Anders] Granted, the feature set of 'ip' may be more robust than ifconfig, but it is not as efficient. James -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org