Moving on from net-tools

Posted Jan 9, 2017 9:57 UTC (Mon) by janos (guest, #94392)
Parent article: Moving on from net-tools

I use iproute2 but I think there are inconsistencies in some of the basic concepts.
e.g. if I just want to bring up an interface, why is it done via the "ip" command? If it has to be via the "ip" command, should it be "ip" or "ip -6"?