NAME
network - IPFire Network Configuration Program
SYNOPSIS
network [<options>] <command> …
DESCRIPTION
The network command is a tool which configures the network on every IPFire system. It is a fast and versatile way to create, edit and remove configurations, review the status of the network and it is working in the background of the system make sure that things are running smoothly.
OPTIONS
- -d
- --debug
-
Enabled debugging mode. In this mode, there wll be debug output on the console and written to the log. The debugging mode can be permanently enabled by setting DEBUG=1.
COMMANDS
The following commands are understood:
- start [ZONE]
-
Starts a zone. That means the zone is being created and brought up. If one or more zones are passed to the command, only these will be started.
- stop [ZONE]
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Stops a zone. This is the inverse of the start command.
- restart [ZONE]
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Restarts a zone.
- status [ZONE]
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Shows an overview of the status of the zone.
- zone …
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Commands to configure zones. See network-zone(8) for details.
- port …
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Commands to configure ports. See network-port(8) for details.
- device …
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See the status or execute commands to network devices. See network-device(8) for details.
- hostname [HOSTNAME]
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Without the optional HOSTNAME argument, this command will print the configured hostname. Passing HOSTNAME will set it as the new hostname.
- settings …
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Shows and alters global configuration parameters. See network-settings(8) for details.
- dns-server …
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This command allows to configure DNS servers. See :network-dns-server(8) for details.
- route …
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This command allows managing static routes. See network-route(8) for details.
- vpn …
-
The command allows managing VPN connections. See network-vpn(8) for details.
- reset
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This command will reset all network configuration. All zones, ports and other settings will be removed.
- help …
-
Shows this man page.
EXIT CODES
The network command will normally exit with code zero. If there has been aproblem and the requested action could not be performed, the exit code is unequal to zero.
BUGS
Please report all bugs to the bugtracker at https://bugzilla.ipfire.org/.
AUTHORS
Michael Tremer