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Tahoe 8216 / Tahoe 8116 Remote Power Management System
ifconfig
Th
is command allows con
fi
guration of the network interfaces.
Th
e following interface names are
available:
eth0 – Ethernet interface
Th
is command has a similar syntax to the Linux
ifcon
fi
g
:
ifconfig
<
interface name
> [<
IP address
>] [
netmask
<network mask
>] [
bcast
<
broadcast address
>] [
static
|
dynamic
]
Th
e
ifcon
fi
g
alone displays information about all active interfaces. Entering
ifcon
fi
g
<interface
name>
shows information about a speci
fi
c interface. Information about the interface’s IP address,
the number of packets and bytes sent and received, the number of transmission errors and other
important data are displayed.
You can assign an IP address to an interface, together with a subnet mask and broadcast address.
You can also enable or disable the dynamic Address Resolution Protocol (ARP, enabled by de-
fault).
mem
Mem
shows the memory usage statistics.
Th
e
free
entry shows how much free memory is le
ft
and
the
free
bufs
informs the user about the amount of free memory designated for network packets.
mii
Th
e
mii
command allows access to the Ethernet transceiver. With no arguments displays Ethernet
port status (link state, negotiated speed, etc.)
Th
e following options are available:
· reset
– resets the transceiver to the default settings,
· auto
– enables Ethernet auto-negotiation (default),
·
adv
<
mode
> [
mode
[…]] }
– sets a list of modes used during the auto-negotiation.
Th
e
modes may be selected from the following values:
100BaseTx-FD, 100BaseTx-HD, 10Ba-
seT-FD, 10BaseT-HD
,
· force
<
mode
>
– forces a speci
fi
c mode and disables auto-negotiation,
