Grab some of the NetBSD text for describing the new options and the

media commands.
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.\" SUCH DAMAGE.
.\"
.\" From: @(#)ifconfig.8 8.3 (Berkeley) 1/5/94
.\" $Id$
.\" $Id: ifconfig.8,v 1.12 1997/02/22 14:32:32 peter Exp $
.\"
.Dd February 13, 1996
.Dt IFCONFIG 8
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.Oc
.Op Ar parameters
.Nm ifconfig
.Op Fl m
.Ar interface
.Op Ar protocol_family
.Nm ifconfig
.Ar -a
.Fl a
.Op Fl m
.Op Fl d
.Op Fl u
.Op Ar protocol_family
.Nm ifconfig
.Ar -au
.Nm ifconfig
.Ar -ad
.Fl l
.Op Fl d
.Op Fl u
.Sh DESCRIPTION
.Nm Ifconfig
.Nm
is used to assign an address
to a network interface and/or configure
network interface parameters.
.Nm Ifconfig
.Nm
must be used at boot time to define the network address
of each interface present on a machine; it may also be used at
a later time to redefine an interface's address
or other operating parameters.
.Pp
Available operands for
.Nm ifconfig:
.Nm ifconfig :
.Bl -tag -width Ds
.It Ar Address
For the
@ -175,6 +180,28 @@ This action does not automatically disable routes using the interface.
.\" IP encapsulation of
.\" .Tn CLNP
.\" packets is done differently.
.It Cm media Ar type
Set the media type of the interface to
.Ar type .
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
.Tn AUI
or twisted pair connectors. Setting the media type to
.Dq 10base5/AUI
would change the currently active connector to the AUI port.
Setting it to
.Dq 10baseT/UTP
would activate twisted pair. Refer to the interfaces' driver
specific man page for a complete list of the available types.
.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 interfaces' driver specific man page for a complete
list of available options.
.It Fl mediaopt Ar opts
Disable the specified media options on the interface.
.It Cm metric Ar n
Set the routing metric of the interface to
.Ar n ,
@ -248,7 +275,9 @@ Appletalk network attached to the interface. Values of 1 or 2 are permitted.
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 enable SLIP compression.
of this is to enable SLIP compression, or 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 up
@ -259,33 +288,38 @@ If the interface was reset when previously marked down,
the hardware will be re-initialized.
.El
.Pp
.Pp
The
.Nm ifconfig
.Fl a
command
displays information on all interfaces. When followed by a configuration
parameter, it will also set the configuration on all interfaces.
.Pp
.Nm Ifconfig
.Fl au
is similar to
.Nm ifconfig
.Fl a ,
except it only affects interfaces that are currently marked as up.
Similarly,
.Nm ifconfig
.Fl ad
affects only interfaces that are marked down.
.Pp
The
.Nm
program
displays the current configuration for a network interface
when no optional parameters are supplied.
If a protocol family is specified,
.Nm ifconfig
will report only the details specific to that protocol family.
Ifconfig will report only the details specific to that protocol family.
.Pp
If the
.Fl m
flag is passed before an interface name,
.Nm
will display all of the supported media for the specified interface.
.Pp
Optionally, the
.Fl a
flag may be used instead of an interface name. This flag instructs
.Nm
to display information about all interfaces in the system.
.Fl d
limits this to interfaces that are down, and
.Fl u
limits this to interfaces that are up.
.Pp
The
.Fl l
flag may be used to list all available interfaces on the system, with
no other additional information. Use of this flag is mutually exclusive
with all other flags and commands, except for
.Fl d
(only list interfaces that are down)
and
.Fl u
(only list interfaces that are up).
.Pp
Only the super-user may modify the configuration of a network interface.
.Sh DIAGNOSTICS