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ipconfig command for Mac

Hi, i am used to entering the ipconfig command on Windows command prompt to get all the network information. I tried this command on the OS X terminal and it won't work. Can anyone tell me why this is not working or if i am doing anything wrong. When i type "ipconfig into the terminal, i get this:


usage: ipconfig <command> <args>

where <command> is one of waitall, getifaddr, ifcount, getoption, getpacket, getv6packet, set, setverbose


I don't have any idea of what to do. Is this what is supposed to happen because i am reading tutorials on the internet that tell me to do ipconfig to see information. I dont want to get information from System Preferences, I want to get it in the terminal like on Windows (if that is even possible).


Thanks for any help.


Michael

Posted on Jul 25, 2015 10:59 AM

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User profile for user: Niel
Niel
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Posted on Jul 25, 2015 11:03 AM

You need to use a more specific command. Pick one of the options it describes; if you don't know which one to choose, type in:


man ipconfig


You may need to use a Terminal command other than ipconfig depending on what you're looking for.


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User profile for user: BobHarris
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Jul 25, 2015 6:16 PM in response to michaelsmithcomputers

OS X also has the standard Unix 'ifconfig' command


> ifconfig

lo0: flags=8049<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 16384

options=3<RXCSUM,TXCSUM>

inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128

inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 0xff000000

inet6 fe80::1%lo0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x1

nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>

gif0: flags=8010<POINTOPOINT,MULTICAST> mtu 1280

stf0: flags=0<> mtu 1280

en0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

options=10b<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,VLAN_HWTAGGING,AV>

ether nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn

nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>

media: autoselect (none)

status: inactive

en1: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

ether nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn

inet6 nnnn::nnnn:nnnn:nnnn:nnnn%en1 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x5

inet 172.16.1.61 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 172.16.1.255

nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>

media: autoselect

status: active

fw0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 4078

lladdr nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn

nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>

media: autoselect <full-duplex>

status: inactive

en2: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

options=60<TSO4,TSO6>

ether nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn

nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>

media: autoselect <full-duplex>

status: inactive

bridge0: flags=8863<UP,BROADCAST,SMART,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 1500

options=63<RXCSUM,TXCSUM,TSO4,TSO6>

ether nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn

Configuration:

id 0:0:0:0:0:0 priority 0 hellotime 0 fwddelay 0

maxage 0 holdcnt 0 proto stp maxaddr 100 timeout 1200

root id 0:0:0:0:0:0 priority 0 ifcost 0 port 0

ipfilter disabled flags 0x2

nd6 options=1<PERFORMNUD>

media: <unknown type>

status: inactive

p2p0: flags=8843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST> mtu 2304

ether nn:nn:nn:nn:nn:nn

media: autoselect

status: inactive

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