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IPCONFIG(8)               BSD System Manager's Manual              IPCONFIG(8)

NAME
     ipconfig -- view and control IP configuration state

SYNOPSIS
     ipconfig waitall
     ipconfig getifaddr interface-name
     ipconfig ifcount
     ipconfig getoption interface-name (option-name | option-code)
     ipconfig getpacket interface-name
     ipconfig set interface-name NONE
     ipconfig set interface-name (DHCP | BOOTP)
     ipconfig set interface-name (MANUAL | INFORM) ip-address subnet-mask
     ipconfig setverbose level

DESCRIPTION
     ipconfig is a utility that communicates with the IPConfiguration agent to retrieve and set IP configu-ration configuration
     ration parameters.  It should only be used in a test and debug context.  Using it for any other purpose
     is strongly discouraged.  Public API's in the SystemConfiguration framework are currently the only sup-ported supported
     ported way to access and control the state of IPConfiguration.

     The IPConfiguration agent is responsible for configuring and managing the IP addresses on direct, con-nectionless connectionless
     nectionless interfaces such as IEEE 802.3 Ethernet and IEEE 1394 FireWire.  The IPConfiguration agent
     is a program bundle that is loaded and executed by the configd(8) process.

     The IPConfiguration agent implements the client side of the DHCP and BOOTP protocols described in
     RFC951, RFC1542, RFC2131, and RFC2132.  It also assigns and maintains static IP addresses.  It may also
     allocate and assign a link-local IP address if DHCP fails to acquire an IP address.

     In all cases, the IPConfiguration agent performs IP address conflict detection before assigning an IP
     address to an interface.

COMMANDS
     The ipconfig utility provides several commands:

     waitall     Blocks until all network services have completed configuring, or have timed out in the
                 process of configuring.  This is only useful for initial system start-up time synchroniza-tion synchronization
                 tion for legacy network services that are incapable of dealing with dynamic network config-uration configuration
                 uration changes.

     getifaddr interface-name
                 Prints to standard output the IP address for the first network service associated with the
                 given interface.  The output will be empty if no service is currently configured or active
                 on the interface.

     ifcount     Prints the number of interfaces that IPConfiguration is capable of configuring.  The value
                 that's printed will not change unless relevant network interfaces are either added to or
                 removed from the system.

     getoption interface-name (option-name | option-code)
                 Prints the BOOTP/DHCP option with the given name or option code integer value.  See
                 bootpd(8) for option code names.  If an option has multiple values e.g. domain_name_server,
                 only the first value is printed.

     getpacket interface-name
                 Prints to standard output the DHCP/BOOTP packet that the client accepted from the
                 DHCP/BOOTP server.  This command is useful to check what the server provided, and whether
                 the values are sensible.  This command outputs nothing if DHCP/BOOTP is not active on the
                 interface, or the attempt to acquire an IP address was unsuccessful.

     set interface-name NONE
     set interface-name (DHCP | BOOTP)
     set interface-name (MANUAL | INFORM) ip-address subnet-mask
                 Sets the interface to have a new temporary network service of the given type.  All existing
                 services on the interface are first de-configured before the new service is instantiated.
                 If NONE is supplied, no new service is instantiated.

                 DHCP and BOOTP require no additional arguments. The IP address, subnet mask, router, and
                 DNS information are retrieved automatically.

                 Both MANUAL and INFORM require the specification of an IP address ip-address and a subnet
                 mask subnet-mask.

                 The INFORM service configures the IP address statically like MANUAL, but then broadcasts
                 DHCP INFORM packets to retrieve DHCP option information. If the DHCP server responds and
                 supplies a subnet mask, that subnet mask is used instead of the specified subnet-mask.

                 The set command requires root privileges.

                 Note: The set command is very useful for debugging, but it can't be used to configure a
                 persistent service.  The temporary services that are created only remain until the next
                 network configuration change occurs. See scselect(8).

     setverbose level
                 Sets verbose mode logging in the IPConfiguration agent. Specify a level value of 0 to dis-able disable
                 able verbose logging, the default.  Specify a value of 1 to enable verbose logging.

                 When enabled, useful debugging information is logged using syslog(3) with level LOG_NOTICE.
                 In addition, the packet trace file /var/log/com.apple.IPConfiguration.bootp is opened and
                 BOOTP/DHCP packets that are sent and received are printed to the file.

                 The setverbose command requires root privileges.

EXAMPLES
     # ipconfig getpacket en0
     op = BOOTREPLY
     htype = 1
     dp_flags = 0
     hlen = 6
     hops = 0
     xid = 1956115059
     secs = 0
     ciaddr = 0.0.0.0
     yiaddr = 192.168.4.10
     siaddr = 192.168.4.1
     giaddr = 0.0.0.0
     chaddr = 0:3:93:7a:d7:5c
     sname = dhcp.mycompany.net
     file =
     options:
     Options count is 10
     dhcp_message_type (uint8): ACK 0x5
     server_identifier (ip): 192.168.4.1
     lease_time (uint32): 0x164a
     subnet_mask (ip): 255.255.255.0
     router (ip_mult): {192.168.4.1}
     domain_name_server (ip_mult): {192.168.4.1}
     domain_name (string): mycompany.net
     end (none):

     # ipconfig getoption en0 router
     192.168.4.1

SEE ALSO
     configd(8), bootpd(8), scselect(8)

HISTORY
     The ipconfig command first appeared in Mac OS X Version 10.0 Public Beta.

Mac OS X                         July 14, 2004                        Mac OS X

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