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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE .\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL .\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS .\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) .\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT .\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY .\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF .\" SUCH DAMAGE. .\" .\" @(#)ifconfig.8 8.4 (Berkeley) 6/1/94 .\" .Dd $Mdocdate: October 26 2015 $ .Dt IFCONFIG 8 .Os .Sh NAME .Nm ifconfig .Nd configure network interface parameters .Sh SYNOPSIS .Nm ifconfig .Op Fl AaC .Op Ar interface .Op Ar address_family .Oo .Ar address .Op Ar dest_address .Oc .Op Ar parameters .Sh DESCRIPTION The .Nm utility is used to assign an address to a network interface and/or configure network interface parameters. Generally speaking, .Xr hostname.if 5 files are used at boot-time to define the network address of each interface present on a machine; .Nm is used at a later time to redefine an interface's address or other operating parameters. .Pp .Nm displays the current configuration for a network interface when no optional parameters are supplied. If a protocol family is specified, .Nm will report only the details specific to that protocol family. If no parameters are provided, a summary of all interfaces is provided. .Pp Only the superuser may modify the configuration of a network interface. .Pp The following options are available: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl A Causes full interface alias information for each interface to be displayed. .It Fl a Causes .Nm to print information on all interfaces. The protocol family may be specified as well. This is the default, if no parameters are given to .Nm . .It Fl C Print the names of all network pseudo-devices that can be created dynamically at runtime using .Nm Cm create . .It Ar interface The .Ar interface parameter is a string of the form .Dq name unit , for example, .Dq en0 . If no optional parameters are supplied, this string can instead be just .Dq name . If an interface group of that name exists, all interfaces in the group will be shown. Otherwise all interfaces of the same type will be displayed (for example, .Dq fxp will display all .Xr fxp 4 interfaces). .It Ar address_family Specifies the address family which affects interpretation of the remaining parameters. Since an interface can receive transmissions in differing protocols with different naming schemes, specifying the address family is recommended. The address or protocol families currently supported are .Dq inet and .Dq inet6 . .It Ar address Internet version 4 and 6 addresses take the form of a host name present in the host name database, .Xr hosts 5 ; .Dq dot notation (IPv4); colon separated (IPv6); or CIDR notation. .It Ar dest_address Specify the address of the correspondent on the other end of a point-to-point link. .El .Pp The following .Ar parameters may be set with .Nm : .Bl -tag -width dest_addressxx .It Cm alias Establish an additional network address for this interface. This is sometimes useful when changing network numbers, and one wishes to accept packets addressed to the old interface. .It Fl alias A synonym for .Cm delete . Use of this option is discouraged in favour of .Cm delete . .It Cm arp Enable the use of the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) in mapping between network level addresses and link level addresses (default). This is currently implemented for mapping between DARPA Internet addresses and Ethernet addresses. .It Fl arp Disable the use of ARP. .It Cm autoconf Enable autoconfiguration. Valid for .Dq inet6 only. If .Cm autoconf is enabled router advertisements are accepted on this interface and the kernel sends periodic router solicitations from this interface. .It Fl autoconf Disable autoconfiguration. .It Cm broadcast Ar addr (inet only) Specify the address to use to represent broadcasts to the network. The default broadcast address is the address with a host part of all 1's. .It Cm create Create the specified network pseudo-device. At least the following devices can be created on demand: .Pp .Xr bridge 4 , .Xr carp 4 , .Xr enc 4 , .Xr gif 4 , .Xr gre 4 , .Xr lo 4 , .Xr mpe 4 , .Xr mpw 4 , .Xr pair 4 , .Xr pflog 4 , .Xr pflow 4 , .Xr pfsync 4 , .Xr ppp 4 , .Xr pppoe 4 , .Xr svlan 4 , .Xr tap 4 , .Xr trunk 4 , .Xr tun 4 , .Xr vether 4 , .Xr vlan 4 , .Xr vxlan 4 .It Cm debug Enable driver-dependent debugging code; usually, this turns on extra console error logging. .It Fl debug Disable driver-dependent debugging code. .It Cm delete Remove the default inet address associated with the interface, including any netmask or destination address configured with it. An address and address family can be given to make the deletion more specific. .It Cm description Ar value Specify a description of the interface. This can be used to label interfaces in situations where they may otherwise be difficult to distinguish. .It Cm -description Clear the interface description. .It Cm destroy Destroy the specified network pseudo-device. .It Cm down Mark an interface .Dq down . When an interface is marked .Dq down , the system will not attempt to transmit messages through that interface. If possible, the interface will be reset to disable reception as well. This action automatically disables routes using the interface. .It Cm group Ar group-name Assign the interface to a .Dq group . .Ar group-name may not be longer than 15 characters and must not end with a digit. Any interface can be in multiple groups. .Pp For instance, a group could be used to create a hardware independent .Xr pf 4 ruleset (i.e. not one based on the names of NICs) using existing (egress, carp, etc.) or user-defined groups. .Pp Some interfaces belong to specific groups by default: .Pp .Bl -dash -width Ds -compact .It All interfaces are members of the .Em all interface group. .It Cloned interfaces are members of their interface family group. For example, a PPP interface such as .Em ppp0 is a member of the .Em ppp interface family group. .It .Xr pppx 4 interfaces are members of the .Em pppx interface group. .It The interface(s) the default route(s) point to are members of the .Em egress interface group. .It IEEE 802.11 wireless interfaces are members of the .Em wlan interface group. .It Any interfaces used for network booting are members of the .Em netboot interface group. .El .It Cm -group Ar group-name Remove the interface from the given .Dq group . .It Cm hwfeatures Display the interface hardware features: .Pp .Bl -tag -width 14n -offset indent -compact .It Sy CSUM_IPv4 The device supports IPv4 checksum offload. .It Sy CSUM_TCPv4 As above, for TCP in IPv4 datagrams. .It Sy CSUM_UDPv4 As above, for UDP. .It Sy VLAN_MTU The device can handle full sized frames, plus the size of the .Xr vlan 4 tag. .It Sy VLAN_HWTAGGING On transmit, the device can add the .Xr vlan 4 tag. .It Sy CSUM_TCPv6 As CSUM_TCPv4, but supports IPv6 datagrams. .It Sy CSUM_UDPv6 As above, for UDP. .It Sy WOL The device supports Wake on LAN (WoL). .It Sy hardmtu The maximum MTU supported. .El .It Fl inet Remove all configured .Xr inet 4 addresses on the given interface. .It Fl inet6 Disable .Xr inet6 4 on the given interface and remove all configured .Xr inet6 4 addresses, including the link-local ones. This is the default. To turn inet6 on, use eui64, use autoconf or assign any inet6 address. .It Cm instance Ar minst Set the media instance to .Ar minst . This is useful for devices which have multiple physical layer interfaces (PHYs). Setting the instance on such devices may not be strictly required by the network interface driver as the driver may take care of this automatically; see the driver's manual page for more information. .It Cm link[0-2] Enable special processing of the link level of the interface. These three options are interface specific in actual effect; however, they are in general used to select special modes of operation. An example of this is to select the connector type for some Ethernet cards. Refer to the man page for the specific driver for more information. .It Fl link[0-2] Disable special processing at the link level with the specified interface. .It Cm lladdr Ar etheraddr Ns | Ns Cm random Change the link layer address (MAC address) of the interface. This should be specified as six colon-separated hex values, or can be chosen randomly. .It Cm media Op Ar type Set the media type of the interface to .Ar type . If no argument is given, display a list of all available media. .Pp Some interfaces support the mutually exclusive use of one of several different physical media connectors. For example, a 10Mb/s Ethernet interface might support the use of either AUI or twisted pair connectors. Setting the media type to .Dq 10base5 or .Dq AUI would change the currently active connector to the AUI port. Setting it to .Dq 10baseT or .Dq UTP would activate twisted pair. Refer to the interface's driver-specific man page for a complete list of the available types, or use the following command for a listing of choices: .Pp .Dl $ ifconfig interface media .It Cm mediaopt Ar opts Set the specified media options on the interface. .Ar opts is a comma delimited list of options to apply to the interface. Refer to the interface's driver-specific man page for a complete list of available options, or use the following command for a listing of choices: .Pp .Dl $ ifconfig interface media .It Fl mediaopt Ar opts Disable the specified media options on the interface. .It Cm metric Ar nhops Set the routing metric of the interface to .Ar nhops , default 0. The routing metric can be used by routing protocols. Higher metrics have the effect of making a route less favorable. .It Cm mode Ar mode If the driver for the interface supports the media selection system, set the specified operating mode on the interface to the given .Ar mode . For IEEE 802.11 wireless interfaces that support multiple operating modes, this directive is used to select between 802.11a .Pq Dq 11a , 802.11b .Pq Dq 11b , and 802.11g .Pq Dq 11g operating modes. .It Cm mpls Enable Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) on the interface, allowing it to send and receive MPLS traffic. .It Fl mpls Disable MPLS on the interface. .It Cm mtu Ar value Set the MTU for this device to the given .Ar value . Cloned routes inherit this value as a default. For Ethernet devices which support setting the MTU, a value greater than 1500 enables jumbo frames. The .Sy hardmtu output from .Cm hwfeatures shows the maximum supported MTU. .It Cm netmask Ar mask (inet and inet6) Specify how much of the address to reserve for subdividing networks into subnetworks. The mask includes the network part of the local address and the subnet part, which is taken from the host field of the address. The mask can be specified as a single hexadecimal number with a leading 0x, with a dot-notation Internet address, or with a pseudo-network name listed in the network table .Xr networks 5 . The mask contains 1's for the bit positions in the 32-bit address which are to be used for the network and subnet parts, and 0's for the host part. The mask should contain at least the standard network portion, and the subnet field should be contiguous with the network portion. .\" see .\" Xr eon 5 . .It Cm prefixlen Ar n (inet and inet6 only) Effect is similar to .Cm netmask , but you can specify prefix length by digits. .It Cm priority Ar n Set the interface routing priority to .Ar n . This will influence the default routing priority of new static routes added to the kernel. .Ar n is in the range of 0 to 15 with smaller numbers being better. .It Cm rdomain Ar rdomainid Attach the interface to the routing domain with the specified .Ar rdomainid . Interfaces in different routing domains are separated and cannot directly pass traffic between each other. It is therefore possible to reuse the same addresses in different routing domains. If the specified rdomain does not yet exist it will be created, including a routing table with the same id. By default all interfaces belong to routing domain 0. .It Cm rtlabel Ar route-label (inet) Attach .Ar route-label to new network routes of the specified interface. Route labels can be used to implement policy routing; see .Xr route 4 , .Xr route 8 , and .Xr pf.conf 5 . .It Cm -rtlabel Clear the route label. .It Cm timeslot Ar timeslot_range Set the timeslot range map, which is used to control which channels an interface device uses. .It Cm up Mark an interface .Dq up . This may be used to enable an interface after an .Cm ifconfig down . It happens automatically when setting the first address on an interface. If the interface was reset when previously marked down, the hardware will be re-initialized. .It Cm wol Enable Wake on LAN (WoL). When enabled, reception of a WoL frame will cause the network card to power up the system from standby or suspend mode. WoL frames are sent using .Xr arp 8 . .It Fl wol Disable WoL. WoL is disabled at boot by the driver, if possible. .El .Pp .Nm supports a multitude of sub-types, described in the following sections: .Pp .Bl -dash -offset indent -compact .It .Xr bridge 4 .It .Xr carp 4 .It IEEE 802.11 (wireless devices) .It .Xr inet6 4 .It interface groups .It .Xr mpe 4 .It .Xr mpw 4 .It .Xr pair 4 .It .Xr pflow 4 .It .Xr pfsync 4 .It .Xr pppoe 4 .It .Xr sppp 4 (PPP Link Control Protocol) .It .Xr trunk 4 .It tunnel .Pf ( Xr gif 4 and .Xr gre 4 ) .It .Xr vlan 4 .El .\" BRIDGE .Sh BRIDGE The following options are available for a .Xr bridge 4 interface: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm add Ar interface Add .Ar interface as a member of the bridge. The interface is put into promiscuous mode so that it can receive every packet sent on the network. An interface can be a member of at most one bridge. .It Cm addr Display the addresses that have been learned by the bridge. .It Cm addspan Ar interface Add .Ar interface as a span port on the bridge. .It Cm autoedge Ar interface Automatically detect the spanning tree edge port status on .Ar interface . This is the default for interfaces added to the bridge. .It Cm -autoedge Ar interface Disable automatic spanning tree edge port detection on .Ar interface . .It Cm autoptp Ar interface Automatically detect the point-to-point status on .Ar interface by checking the full duplex link status. This is the default for interfaces added to the bridge. .It Cm -autoptp Ar interface Disable automatic point-to-point link detection on .Ar interface . .It Cm blocknonip Ar interface Mark .Ar interface so that no non-IPv4, IPv6, ARP, or Reverse ARP packets are accepted from it or forwarded to it from other bridge member interfaces. .It Cm -blocknonip Ar interface Allow non-IPv4, IPv6, ARP, or Reverse ARP packets through .Ar interface . .It Cm del Ar interface Remove .Ar interface from the bridge. Promiscuous mode is turned off for the interface when it is removed from the bridge. .It Cm deladdr Ar address Delete .Ar address from the cache. .It Cm delspan Ar interface Delete .Ar interface from the list of span ports of the bridge. .It Cm discover Ar interface Mark .Ar interface so that packets are sent out of the interface if the destination port of the packet is unknown. If the bridge has no address cache entry for the destination of a packet, meaning that there is no static entry and no dynamically learned entry for the destination, the bridge will forward the packet to all member interfaces that have this flag set. This is the default for interfaces added to the bridge. .It Cm -discover Ar interface Mark .Ar interface so that packets are not sent out of the interface if the destination port of the packet is unknown. Turning this flag off means that the bridge will not send packets out of this interface unless the packet is a broadcast packet, multicast packet, or a packet with a destination address found on the interface's segment. This, in combination with static address cache entries, prevents potentially sensitive packets from being sent on segments that have no need to see the packet. .It Cm down Stop the bridge from forwarding packets. .It Cm edge Ar interface Set .Ar interface as a spanning tree edge port. An edge port is a single connection to the network and cannot create bridge loops. This allows a straight transition to forwarding. .It Cm -edge Ar interface Disable edge port status on .Ar interface . .It Cm flush Remove all dynamically learned addresses from the cache. .It Cm flushall Remove all addresses from the cache including static addresses. .It Cm flushrule Ar interface Remove all Ethernet MAC filtering rules from .Ar interface . .It Cm fwddelay Ar time Set the time (in seconds) before an interface begins forwarding packets. Defaults to 15 seconds, minimum of 4, maximum of 30. .It Cm hellotime Ar time Set the time (in seconds) between broadcasting spanning tree protocol configuration packets. Defaults to 2 seconds, minimum of 1, maximum of 2. This option is only supported in STP mode with rapid transitions disabled; see the .Cm proto command for setting the protocol version. .It Cm holdcnt Ar time Set the transmit hold count, which is the number of spanning tree protocol packets transmitted before being rate limited. Defaults to 6, minimum of 1, maximum of 10. .It Cm ifcost Ar interface Ar num Set the spanning tree path cost of .Ar interface to .Ar num . Defaults to 55, minimum of 1, maximum of 200000000 in RSTP mode, and maximum of 65535 in STP mode. .It Cm -ifcost Ar interface Automatically calculate the spanning tree priority of .Ar interface based on the current link speed, interface status, and spanning tree mode. This is the default for interfaces added to the bridge. .It Cm ifpriority Ar interface Ar num Set the spanning tree priority of .Ar interface to .Ar num . Defaults to 128, minimum of 0, maximum of 240. .It Cm learn Ar interface Mark .Ar interface so that the source address of packets received from the interface are entered into the address cache. This is the default for interfaces added to the bridge. .It Cm -learn Ar interface Mark .Ar interface so that the source address of packets received from interface are not entered into the address cache. .It Cm link0 Setting this flag stops all IP multicast packets from being forwarded by the bridge. .It Cm -link0 Clear the .Cm link0 flag on the bridge interface. .It Cm link1 Setting this flag stops all non-IP multicast packets from being forwarded by the bridge. .It Cm -link1 Clear the .Cm link1 flag on the bridge interface. .It Cm link2 Setting this flag causes all packets to be passed on to .Xr ipsec 4 for processing, based on the policies established by the administrator using the .Xr ipsecctl 8 command and .Xr ipsec.conf 5 . If appropriate security associations (SAs) exist, they will be used to encrypt or decrypt the packets. Otherwise, any key management daemons such as .Xr isakmpd 8 that are running on the bridge will be invoked to establish the necessary SAs. These daemons have to be configured as if they were running on the host whose traffic they are protecting (i.e. they need to have the appropriate authentication and authorization material, such as keys and certificates, to impersonate the protected host(s)). .It Cm -link2 Clear the .Cm link2 flag on the bridge interface. .It Cm maxaddr Ar size Set the address cache size to .Ar size . The default is 100 entries. .It Cm maxage Ar time Set the time (in seconds) that a spanning tree protocol configuration is valid. Defaults to 20 seconds, minimum of 6, maximum of 40. .It Cm proto Ar value Force the spanning tree protocol version. The available values are .Ar rstp to operate in the default Rapid Spanning Tree (RSTP) mode or .Ar stp to force operation in Spanning Tree (STP) mode with rapid transitions disabled. .It Cm ptp Ar interface Set .Ar interface as a point-to-point link. This is required for straight transitions to forwarding and should be enabled for a full duplex link or a .Xr trunk 4 with at least two physical links to the same network segment. .It Cm -ptp Ar interface Disable point-to-point link status on .Ar interface . This should be disabled for a half duplex link and for an interface connected to a shared network segment, like a hub or a wireless network. .It Xo .Cm rule .Cm block Ns | Ns Cm pass .Op Cm in | out .Cm on Ar interface .Op Cm src Ar address .Op Cm dst Ar address .Op Cm tag Ar tagname .Xc Add a filtering rule to an interface. Rules have a similar syntax to those in .Xr pf.conf 5 . Rules can be used to selectively block or pass frames based on Ethernet MAC addresses. They can also tag packets for .Xr pf 4 to filter on. Rules are processed in the order in which they were added to the interface, and the first rule matched takes the action (block or pass) and, if given, the tag of the rule. If no source or destination address is specified, the rule will match all frames (good for creating a catchall policy). .It Cm rulefile Ar filename Load a set of rules from the file .Ar filename . .It Cm rules Ar interface Display the active filtering rules in use on .Ar interface . .It Cm spanpriority Ar num Set the spanning priority of this bridge to .Ar num . Defaults to 32768, minimum of 0, maximum of 61440. .It Cm static Ar interface address Add a static entry into the address cache pointing to .Ar interface . Static entries are never aged out of the cache or replaced, even if the address is seen on a different interface. .It Cm stp Ar interface Enable spanning tree protocol on .Ar interface . .It Cm -stp Ar interface Disable spanning tree protocol on .Ar interface . This is the default for interfaces added to the bridge. .It Cm timeout Ar time Set the timeout, in seconds, for addresses in the cache to .Ar time . The default is 240 seconds. If .Ar time is set to zero, then entries will not be expired. .It Cm up Start the bridge forwarding packets. .El .\" CARP .Sh CARP .nr nS 1 .Bk -words .Nm ifconfig .Ar carp-interface .Op Cm advbase Ar n .Op Cm advskew Ar n .Op Cm balancing Ar mode .Op Cm carpnodes Ar vhid:advskew,vhid:advskew,... .Op Cm carpdev Ar iface .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm carppeer Ar peer_address .Op Cm pass Ar passphrase .Op Cm state Ar state .Op Cm vhid Ar host-id .Ek .nr nS 0 .Pp The following options are available for a .Xr carp 4 interface: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm advbase Ar n Set the base advertisement interval to .Ar n seconds. Acceptable values are 0 to 254; the default value is 1 second. .It Cm advskew Ar n Skew the advertisement interval by .Ar n . Acceptable values are 0 to 254; the default value is 0. .It Cm balancing Ar mode Set the load balancing mode to .Ar mode . Valid modes are .Ar arp , .Ar ip , .Ar ip-stealth , and .Ar ip-unicast . .It Cm carpnodes Ar vhid:advskew,vhid:advskew,... Create a load balancing group consisting of up to 32 nodes. Each node is specified as a .Ar vhid:advskew tuple in a comma separated list. .It Cm carpdev Ar iface Attach to parent interface .Ar iface . .It Cm carppeer Ar peer_address Send the carp advertisements to a specified point-to-point peer or multicast group instead of sending the messages to the default carp multicast group. The .Ar peer_address is the IP address of the other host taking part in the carp cluster. With this option, .Xr carp 4 traffic can be protected using .Xr ipsec 4 and it may be desired in networks that do not allow or have problems with IPv4 multicast traffic. .It Fl carppeer Send the advertisements to the default carp multicast group. .It Cm pass Ar passphrase Set the authentication key to .Ar passphrase . There is no passphrase by default. .It Cm state Ar state Explicitly force the interface to enter this state. Valid states are .Ar init , .Ar backup , and .Ar master . .It Cm vhid Ar n Set the virtual host ID to .Ar n . Acceptable values are 1 to 255. .El .Pp Taken together, the .Cm advbase and .Cm advskew indicate how frequently, in seconds, the host will advertise the fact that it considers itself master of the virtual host. The formula is .Cm advbase + .Pf ( Cm advskew / 256). If the master does not advertise within three times this interval, this host will begin advertising as master. .\" IEEE 802.11 .Sh IEEE 802.11 (WIRELESS DEVICES) .nr nS 1 .Bk -words .Nm ifconfig .Ar wireless-interface .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm bssid Ar bssid .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm chan Op Ar n .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm nwflag Ar flag .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm nwid Ar id .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm nwkey Ar key .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm powersave Op Ar duration .Op Cm scan .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm txpower Ar dBm .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm wpa .Op Cm wpaakms Ar akm,akm,... .Op Cm wpaciphers Ar cipher,cipher,... .Op Cm wpagroupcipher Ar cipher .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm wpakey Ar passphrase | hexkey .Op Cm wpaprotos Ar proto,proto,... .Ek .nr nS 0 .Pp The following options are available for a wireless interface: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm bssid Ar bssid Set the desired BSSID. .It Fl bssid Unset the desired BSSID. The interface will automatically select a BSSID in this mode, which is the default. .It Cm chan Op Ar n Set the channel (radio frequency) to .Ar n . .Pp With no channel specified, show the list of channels supported by the device. .It Fl chan Unset the desired channel. It doesn't affect the channel to be created for IBSS or Host AP mode. .It Cm nwflag Ar flag Set specified flag. The flag name can be either .Ql hidenwid or .Ql nobridge . The .Ql hidenwid flag will hide the network ID (ESSID) in beacon frames when operating in Host AP mode. It will also prevent responses to probe requests with an unspecified network ID. The .Ql nobridge flag will disable the direct bridging of frames between associated nodes when operating in Host AP mode. Setting this flag will block and filter direct inter-station communications. .Pp Note that the .Ql hidenwid and .Ql nobridge options do not provide any security. The hidden network ID will be sent in clear text by associating stations and can be easily discovered with tools like .Xr tcpdump 8 and .Xr hostapd 8 . .It Fl nwflag Ar flag Remove specified flag. .It Cm nwid Ar id Configure network ID. The .Ar id can either be any text string up to 32 characters in length, or a series of hexadecimal digits up to 64 digits. The empty string allows the interface to connect to any available access points. Note that network ID is synonymous with Extended Service Set ID (ESSID). .It Fl nwid Set the network ID to the empty string to allow the interface to connect to any available access point. .It Cm nwkey Ar key Enable WEP encryption using the specified .Ar key . The .Ar key can either be a string, a series of hexadecimal digits (preceded by .So 0x Sc ) , or a set of keys of the form .Dq n:k1,k2,k3,k4 where .Sq n specifies which of the keys will be used for transmitted packets, and the four keys, .Dq k1 through .Dq k4 , are configured as WEP keys. If a set of keys is specified, a comma .Pq Sq \&, within the key must be escaped with a backslash. Note that if multiple keys are used, their order must be the same within the network. .Pp The length of each key must be either 40 bits for 64-bit encryption (5-character ASCII string or 10 hexadecimal digits) or 104 bits for 128-bit encryption (13-character ASCII string or 26 hexadecimal digits). .It Fl nwkey Disable WEP encryption. .It Cm nwkey Cm persist Enable WEP encryption using the persistent key stored in the network card. .It Cm nwkey Cm persist : Ns Ar key Write .Ar key to the persistent memory of the network card, and enable WEP encryption using that .Ar key . .It Cm powersave Op Ar duration Enable 802.11 power saving mode. Optionally set the receiver sleep duration (in milliseconds). .It Fl powersave Disable 802.11 power saving mode. .It Cm scan Show the results of an access point scan. In Host AP mode, this will dump the list of known nodes without scanning. .It Cm txpower Ar dBm Set the transmit power. The driver will disable any auto level and transmit power controls in this mode. .It Fl txpower Disable manual transmit power mode and enable any auto level and transmit power controls. .It Cm wpa Enable Wi-Fi Protected Access. WPA is a Wi-Fi Alliance protocol based on the IEEE 802.11i standard. It was designed to enhance the security of wireless networks. Notice that not all drivers support WPA. Check the driver's manual page to know if this option is supported. .It Fl wpa Disable Wi-Fi Protected Access. .It Cm wpaakms Ar akm,akm,... Set the comma-separated list of allowed authentication and key management protocols. .Pp The supported values are .Dq psk and .Dq 802.1x . .Ar psk authentication (also known as personal mode) uses a 256-bit pre-shared key. .Ar 802.1x authentication (also known as enterprise mode) is used with an external IEEE 802.1X authentication server, such as wpa_supplicant. The default value is .Dq psk . .Dq psk can only be used if a pre-shared key is configured using the .Cm wpakey option. .It Cm wpaciphers Ar cipher,cipher,... Set the comma-separated list of allowed pairwise ciphers. .Pp The supported values are .Dq tkip , .Dq ccmp , and .Dq usegroup . .Ar usegroup specifies that no pairwise ciphers are supported and that only group keys should be used. The default value is .Dq tkip,ccmp . If multiple pairwise ciphers are specified, the pairwise cipher will be negotiated between the station and the access point at association time. A station will always try to use .Ar ccmp over .Ar tkip if both ciphers are allowed and supported by the access point. If the selected cipher is not supported by the hardware, software encryption will be used. Check the driver's manual page to know which ciphers are supported in hardware. .It Cm wpagroupcipher Ar cipher Set the group cipher used to encrypt broadcast and multicast traffic. .Pp The supported values are .Dq wep40 , .Dq wep104 , .Dq tkip , and .Dq ccmp . The default value is .Dq tkip . The use of .Ar wep40 or .Ar wep104 as the group cipher is discouraged due to weaknesses in WEP. The .Cm wpagroupcipher option is available in Host AP mode only. A station will always use the group cipher of the BSS. .It Cm wpakey Ar passphrase | hexkey Set the WPA key and enable WPA. The key can be given using either a passphrase or a full length hex key, starting with 0x. If a passphrase is used the .Cm nwid option must be set prior to specifying the .Cm wpakey option, since .Nm will hash the nwid along with the passphrase to create the key. .It Fl wpakey Delete the pre-shared WPA key and disable WPA. .It Cm wpaprotos Ar proto,proto,... Set the comma-separated list of allowed WPA protocol versions. .Pp The supported values are .Dq wpa1 and .Dq wpa2 . .Ar wpa1 is based on draft 3 of the IEEE 802.11i standard whereas .Ar wpa2 is based on the ratified standard. The default value is .Dq wpa1,wpa2 . If .Dq wpa1,wpa2 is specified, a station will always use the .Ar wpa2 protocol when supported by the access point. .El .\" INET6 .Sh INET6 .nr nS 1 .Bk -words .Nm ifconfig .Ar inet6-interface .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm anycast .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm autoconfprivacy .Op Cm eui64 .Op Cm pltime Ar n .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm tentative .Op Cm vltime Ar n .Ek .nr nS 0 .Pp The following options are available for an .Xr ip6 4 interface: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm anycast Set the IPv6 anycast address bit. .It Fl anycast Clear the IPv6 anycast address bit. .It Cm autoconfprivacy Enable privacy extensions for stateless IPv6 address autoconfiguration (RFC 4941) on the interface. The purpose of these extensions is to prevent tracking of individual devices which connect to the IPv6 internet from different networks using stateless autoconfiguration. The interface identifier often remains constant and provides the lower 64 bits of an autoconfigured IPv6 address, facilitating tracking of individual devices (and hence, potentially, users of these devices) over long periods of time (weeks to months to years). When these extensions are active, random interface identifiers are used for autoconfigured addresses. .Pp Autoconfigured addresses are also made temporary, which means that they will automatically be replaced regularly. Temporary addresses are deprecated after 24 hours. Once a temporary address has been deprecated, a new temporary address will be configured upon reception of a router advertisement indicating that the prefix is still valid. Deprecated addresses will not be used for new connections as long as a non-deprecated address remains available. Temporary addresses become invalid after one week, at which time they will be removed from the interface. Address lifetime extension through router advertisements is ignored for temporary addresses. .It Fl autoconfprivacy Disable IPv6 autoconf privacy extensions on the interface. Currently configured addresses will not be removed until they become invalid. .It Cm eui64 Fill the interface index .Pq the lowermost 64th bit of an IPv6 address automatically. .It Cm pltime Ar n Set preferred lifetime for the address. .It Cm tentative Set the IPv6 tentative address bit. .It Fl tentative Clear the IPv6 tentative address bit. .It Cm vltime Ar n Set valid lifetime for the address. .El .\" INTERFACE GROUPS .Sh INTERFACE GROUPS .Nm ifconfig .Fl g .Ar group-name .Oo .Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm carpdemote .Op Ar number .Oc .Pp The following options are available for interface groups: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Fl g Ar group-name Specify the group. .It Cm carpdemote Op Ar number Increase .Xr carp 4 demote count for given interface group by .Ar number . Acceptable values are 0 to 128. If .Ar number is omitted, it is increased by 1. Demote count can be set up to 255. .It Fl carpdemote Op Ar number Decrease .Xr carp 4 demote count for given interface group by .Ar number . Acceptable values are 0 to 128. If .Ar number is omitted, it is decreased by 1. .El .\" MPE .Sh MPE .Nm ifconfig .Ar mpe-interface .Op Cm mplslabel Ar mpls-label .Pp The following options are available for an .Xr mpe 4 interface: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm mplslabel Ar mpls-label Set the MPLS label to .Ar mpls-label . This value is a 20-bit number which will be used as the MPLS header for packets entering the MPLS domain. .El .\" mpw .Sh MPW .nr nS 1 .Bk -words .Nm ifconfig .Ar mpw-interface .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm controlword .Op Cm encap Ar encapsulation .Op Cm mpwlabel Ar local-label remote-label Cm neighbor Ar dest-address .Ek .nr Ns 0 .Pp The following options are available for an .Xr mpw 4 interface: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm controlword Configure the mpw interface to use control-word. .It Cm -controlword Remove control-word configuration from the interface. .It Cm encap Ar encapsulation Configures the mpw encapsulation type with value .Ar encapsulation which can be .Cm ethernet or .Cm ethernet-tagged . By default it's assumed to be .Cm ethernet mode. .It Cm mpwlabel Ar local-label remote-label Set mpw local label to .Ar local-label and remote label to .Ar remote-label . The .Ar local-label is a 20-bit number which will be used to create a local label route to the mpw interface and the .Ar remote-label is another 20-bit number which will be used to create the output label header. .It Cm neighbor Ar dest-address Sets the destination address where this mpw should output. The .Ar dest-address is an IPv4 address that will be used to find the nexthop in the MPLS network. .El .\" PAIR .Sh PAIR .nr nS 1 .Bk -words .Nm ifconfig .Ar pair-interface .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm patch Ar interface .Ek .nr nS 0 .Pp The following options are available for a .Xr pair 4 interface: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm patch Ar interface Connect the interface with a second .Xr pair 4 interface. Any outgoing packets from the first .Ar pair-interface will be received by the second .Ar interface , and vice versa. This makes it possible to interconnect two routing domains locally. .It Fl patch If configured, disconnect the interface pair. .El .\" PFLOW .Sh PFLOW .nr nS 1 .Bk -words .Nm ifconfig .Ar pflow-interface .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm flowdst Ar addr : Ns Ar port .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm flowsrc Ar addr Ns Oo : Ns Ar port Oc .Op Cm pflowproto Ar n .Ek .nr nS 0 .Pp The following options are available for a .Xr pflow 4 interface: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm flowdst Ar addr : Ns Ar port Set the receiver address and the port for .Xr pflow 4 packets. Both must be defined to export pflow data. .Ar addr is the IP address and .Ar port is the port number of the flow collector. Pflow data will be sent to this address/port. .It Fl flowdst Unset the receiver address and stop sending pflow data. .It Cm flowsrc Ar addr Oo : Ns Ar port Oc Set the source IP address for pflow packets. .Ar addr is the IP address used as sender of the UDP packets and may be used to identify the source of the data on the pflow collector. .It Fl flowsrc Unset the source address. .It Cm pflowproto Ar n Set the protocol version. The default is version 5. .El .\" PFSYNC .Sh PFSYNC .nr nS 1 .Bk -words .Nm ifconfig .Ar pfsync-interface .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm defer .Op Cm maxupd Ar n .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm syncdev Ar iface .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm syncpeer Ar peer_address .Ek .nr nS 0 .Pp The following options are available for a .Xr pfsync 4 interface: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm defer Defer transmission of the first packet in a state until a peer has acknowledged that the associated state has been inserted. See .Xr pfsync 4 for more information. .It Fl defer Do not defer the first packet in a state. This is the default. .It Cm maxupd Ar n Indicate the maximum number of updates for a single state which can be collapsed into one. This is an 8-bit number; the default value is 128. .It Cm syncdev Ar iface Use the specified interface to send and receive pfsync state synchronisation messages. .It Fl syncdev Stop sending pfsync state synchronisation messages over the network. .It Cm syncpeer Ar peer_address Make the pfsync link point-to-point rather than using multicast to broadcast the state synchronisation messages. The peer_address is the IP address of the other host taking part in the pfsync cluster. With this option, .Xr pfsync 4 traffic can be protected using .Xr ipsec 4 . .It Fl syncpeer Broadcast the packets using multicast. .El .\" PPPOE .Sh PPPOE .nr nS 1 .Bk -words .Nm ifconfig .Ar pppoe-interface .Op Cm authkey Ar key .Op Cm authname Ar name .Op Cm authproto Ar proto .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm peerflag Ar flag .Op Cm peerkey Ar key .Op Cm peername Ar name .Op Cm peerproto Ar proto .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm pppoeac Ar access-concentrator .Op Cm pppoedev Ar parent-interface .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm pppoesvc Ar service .Ek .nr nS 0 .Pp .Xr pppoe 4 uses the .Xr sppp 4 "generic" SPPP framework. Any options not described in the section immediately following are described in the .Sx SPPP section, below. .Pp The following options are available for a .Xr pppoe 4 interface: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm pppoeac Ar access-concentrator Set the name of the access-concentrator. .It Fl pppoeac Clear a previously set access-concentrator name. .It Cm pppoedev Ar parent-interface Set the name of the interface through which packets will be transmitted and received. .It Cm pppoesvc Ar service Set the service name of the interface. .It Fl pppoesvc Clear a previously set service name. .El .\" SPPP .Sh SPPP (PPP LINK CONTROL PROTOCOL) .nr nS 1 .Bk -words .Nm .Ar sppp-interface .Op Cm authkey Ar key .Op Cm authname Ar name .Op Cm authproto Ar proto .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm peerflag Ar flag .Op Cm peerkey Ar key .Op Cm peername Ar name .Op Cm peerproto Ar proto .Ek .nr nS 0 .Pp The following options are available for an .Xr sppp 4 or .Xr pppoe 4 interface: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm authkey Ar key Set the client key or password for the PPP authentication protocol. .It Cm authname Ar name Set the client name for the PPP authentication protocol. .It Cm authproto Ar proto Set the PPP authentication protocol on the specified interface acting as a client. The protocol name can be either .Ql chap , .Ql pap , or .Ql none . In the latter case, authentication will be turned off. .It Cm peerflag Ar flag Set a specified PPP flag for the remote authenticator. The flag name can be either .Ql callin or .Ql norechallenge . The .Ql callin flag will require the remote peer to authenticate only when he's calling in, but not when the peer is called by the local client. This is required for some peers that do not implement the authentication protocols symmetrically. The .Ql norechallenge flag is only meaningful with the CHAP protocol to not re-challenge once the initial CHAP handshake has been successful. This is used to work around broken peer implementations that can't grok being re-challenged once the connection is up. .It Fl peerflag Ar flag Remove a specified PPP flag for the remote authenticator. .It Cm peerkey Ar key Set the authenticator key or password for the PPP authentication protocol. .It Cm peername Ar name Set the authenticator name for the PPP authentication protocol. .It Cm peerproto Ar proto Set the PPP authentication protocol on the specified interface acting as an authenticator. The protocol name can be either .Ql chap , .Ql pap , or .Ql none . In the latter case, authentication will be turned off. .El .\" TRUNK .Sh TRUNK .Nm ifconfig .Ar trunk-interface .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm trunkport Ar child-iface .Op Cm trunkproto Ar proto .Pp The following options are available for a .Xr trunk 4 interface: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm trunkport Ar child-iface Add .Ar child-iface as a trunk port. .It Fl trunkport Ar child-iface Remove the trunk port .Ar child-iface . .It Cm trunkproto Ar proto Set the trunk protocol. Refer to .Xr trunk 4 for a complete list of the available protocols, .El .\" TUNNEL .Sh TUNNEL .nr nS 1 .Bk -words .Nm ifconfig .Ar tunnel-interface .Op Cm deletetunnel Ar src_address dest_address .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm keepalive Ar period count .Op Cm tunnel Ar src_address dest_address .Op Cm tunneldomain Ar tableid .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm vnetid Ar network-id .Ek .nr nS 0 .Pp The following options are available for a tunnel interface: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm deletetunnel Ar src_address dest_address Remove the source and destination tunnel addresses. .It Cm keepalive Ar period count Enable .Xr gre 4 keepalive with a packet sent every .Ar period seconds. A second timer is run with a timeout of .Ar count * .Ar period . If no keepalive response is received during that time, the link is considered down. The minimal usable .Ar count is 2 since the round-trip time of keepalive packets needs to be accounted for. .It Fl keepalive Disable the .Xr gre 4 keepalive mechanism. .It Cm tunnel Ar src_address dest_address Ns Op : Ns Ar dest_port Set the source and destination tunnel addresses on a tunnel interface, including .Xr gif 4 . Packets routed to this interface will be encapsulated in IPv4 or IPv6, depending on the source and destination address families. Both addresses must be of the same family. The optional destination port can be specified for interfaces such as .Xr vxlan 4 , which further encapsulate the packets in UDP datagrams. .It Cm tunneldomain Ar tableid Use routing table .Ar tableid instead of the default table. The tunnel does not need to terminate in the same routing domain as the interface itself. .Ar tableid can be set to any valid routing table ID; the corresponding routing domain is derived from this table. .It Cm tunnelttl Ar ttl Set the IP or multicast TTL of the tunnel packets. .It Cm vnetid Ar network-id Set the virtual network identifier. This is a number which is used by tunnel protocols such as .Xr vxlan 4 to identify packets with a virtual network. The accepted size of the number depends on the individual tunnel protocol; it is a 24-bit number for .Xr vxlan 4 . .It Cm -vnetid Clear the virtual network identifier. .El .\" VLAN .Sh VLAN .nr nS 1 .Bk -words .Nm ifconfig .Ar vlan-interface .Op Cm vlan Ar vlan-tag .Op Oo Fl Oc Ns Cm vlandev Ar parent-interface .Ek .nr nS 0 .Pp The following options are available for a .Xr vlan 4 interface: .Bl -tag -width Ds .It Cm vlan Ar vlan-tag Set the vlan tag value to .Ar vlan-tag . This value is a 12-bit number which is used to create an 802.1Q vlan header for packets sent from the vlan interface. This value cannot be changed once it is set for an interface. .It Cm vlandev Ar parent-interface Associate with interface .Ar parent-interface . Packets transmitted through the vlan interface will be diverted to the specified interface .Ar parent-interface with 802.1Q vlan tagging. Packets with 802.1Q tagging received by the parent interface with the correct vlan tag will be diverted to the associated vlan pseudo-device. The vlan interface is assigned a copy of the parent interface's flags and the parent's Ethernet address. If .Cm vlandev and .Cm vlan are not set at the same time, the vlan tag will be inferred from the interface name, for instance .Cm vlan5 will be assigned 802.1Q tag 5. .It Fl vlandev Disassociate from the parent interface. This breaks the link between the vlan interface and its parent, clears its vlan tag, flags, and link address, and shuts the interface down. .El .Sh EXAMPLES Assign the address of 192.168.1.10 with a network mask of 255.255.255.0 to interface fxp0: .Pp .Dl # ifconfig fxp0 inet 192.168.1.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 .Pp Configure the xl0 interface to use 100baseTX, full duplex: .Pp .Dl # ifconfig xl0 media 100baseTX mediaopt full-duplex .Pp Label the em0 interface as an uplink: .Pp .Dl # ifconfig em0 description \&"Uplink to Gigabit Switch 2\&" .Pp Create the gif1 network interface: .Pp .Dl # ifconfig gif1 create .Pp Put the athn0 wireless interface into monitor mode: .Pp .Dl # ifconfig athn0 mediaopt monitor .Sh DIAGNOSTICS Messages indicating the specified interface does not exist, the requested address is unknown, or the user is not privileged and tried to alter an interface's configuration. .Sh SEE ALSO .Xr netstat 1 , .Xr ifmedia 4 , .Xr inet 4 , .Xr intro 4 , .Xr netintro 4 , .Xr hostname.if 5 , .Xr hosts 5 , .Xr networks 5 , .Xr rc 8 , .Xr tcpdump 8 .Sh HISTORY The .Nm command appeared in .Bx 4.2 .