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What is the equivalent terminal command to ipconfig /all?

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In windows I can use ipconfig /all and this displays all the info about my connection.

In terminal using ifconfig does not and only supplies limited info. I can use network manager, but it would be useful to know the command line alternative.

So my question is: what is the command line to supply ip address, gateway, subnet mask, DNS the same way ipconfig /all supplies in Windows.

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answered 2 Years ago edgehogight · Accepted Answer

The only thing missing from ifconfig are the gateway and DNS servers.

15.04 and newer

To get the DNS and Gateway info just type:

nmcli dev show eth0

The output lists some device parameters including some IP4.DNS[x] entries, which show the DNS servers and a IP4.ADDRESS[1] line which lists the IP and Gateway used (look for the gw = ???.???.???.??? part at the end of the line up to 15.10). On 16.04 and newer versions there is a IP4.GATEWAY line which is pretty self explanatory.

Replace eth0 with the actual device name you're using, which may not be the same. To get a list of devices and their status type:

nmcli dev status

Up to and including 14.10

You can get these with nm-tool (in Ubuntu versions prior to 15.04) which BTW is the command line version of network manager.

To run it just type in a terminal:

nm-tool

If you're using Ubuntu 15.04 or newer the nm-tool has been replaced by the nmcli command which is different. Check the section called "15.04 and newer" above this one in this case.