ifconfig and ip addr in Linux CLI - Interactive Code Practice

Practice - 5 Tasks

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easy

Complete the command to show all network interfaces using the older tool.

Linux CLI

sudo [1] -a

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Aip

Bping

Cnetstat

Difconfig

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'ip' instead of 'ifconfig' for this older command.

Using 'ping' which is for testing connectivity, not listing interfaces.

The 'ifconfig -a' command lists all network interfaces using the older ifconfig tool.

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medium

Complete the command to show all network interfaces using the modern tool.

Linux CLI

ip [1]

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Alink

Baddr

Croute

Dconfig

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'ip link' which shows link layer info but not IP addresses.

Using 'ip route' which shows routing tables.

The 'ip addr' command shows all network interfaces and their IP addresses.

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hard

Fix the error in the command to bring up the interface eth0 using ifconfig.

Linux CLI

sudo ifconfig eth0 [1]

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Aup

Bdown

Cenable

Dstart

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'enable' or 'start' which are not valid ifconfig options.

Using 'down' which disables the interface.

The correct command to activate an interface is 'ifconfig eth0 up'.

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hard

Fill both blanks to show the IP address of interface eth0 using the ip command.

Linux CLI

ip [1] show [2] eth0

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Aaddr

Blink

Cdev

Droute

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'link' instead of 'addr' to show IP addresses.

Omitting 'dev' before the interface name.

The command 'ip addr show dev eth0' shows the IP address details of eth0.

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hard

Fill all three blanks to assign IP 192.168.1.10/24 to interface eth0 using ip command.

Linux CLI

sudo ip [1] add [2]/24 [3] eth0

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Aaddr

B192.168.1.10

Cdev

Dlink

Attempts:

3 left

💡 Hint

Common Mistakes

Using 'link' instead of 'addr' for IP address assignment.

Omitting 'dev' before the interface name.

The command 'ip addr add 192.168.1.10/24 dev eth0' assigns the IP address to eth0.