ifconfig Archives

What causes a TX overrun, and how to troubleshoot?

By JamesPosted on November 10, 2022

Problem : On a Linux machine acting as a router I have a large number of TX ‘overruns’. The machine […]

By JamesPosted on October 13, 2022

Problem : I am trying to connect my TP-Link AC600 wireless adapter through the USB port to connect to Kali […]

By JamesPosted on August 6, 2022

Problem : Consider the following setup: X@Y:~$ sudo ip link add link eth0 name eth0.3 type vlan id 3 X@Y:~$ […]

By JamesPosted on July 19, 2022

QUESTION : Lately I have assigned the en3 interface (which is in reality a USB-Ethernet converter device) the IP address […]

By JamesPosted on July 11, 2022

Problem : I have changed my MAC address in my Linux machine using ifconfig. Now the problem is I have […]

By JamesPosted on May 10, 2022

Problem : I was hoping somebody could explain bit by bit what each part of this command does. ifconfig | […]

By JamesPosted on May 2, 2022

Problem : I know the following command can set txqueuelen in Linux: ifconfig eth1 txqueuelen 4096 But how can I […]

By JamesPosted on March 7, 2022

QUESTION : I am wondering what is the netmask used for in the Linux network stack. Let’s assume I have […]

By JamesPosted on March 1, 2022

Problem : All the examples I see on internet for changing the mac address of an interface in linux, first […]

By JamesPosted on February 25, 2022

Problem : So I just setup conky on my arch box for monitoring various stats on the desktop, and I’m […]