Novell LINUX ENTERPRISE SERVER 11 - ADMINISTRATION Administration Manual page 266

In a system with multiple network devices, it is sometimes useful to send the ping
through a specific interface address. To do so, use the -I option with the name of the
selected device, for example, ping -I wlan1 example.com.
For more options and information about using ping, enter ping -h or see the ping
(8) man page.
Configuring the Network with ifconfig
ifconfig is a traditional network configuration tool. In contrast to ip, you can use it
only for interface configuration. If you want to configure routing, use route.
NOTE: ifconfig and ip
The program ifconfig is obsolete. Use ip instead.
Without arguments, ifconfig displays the status of the currently active interfaces. As
you can see in
has very well-arranged and detailed output. The output also contains information about
the MAC address of your device (the value of HWaddr) in the first line.
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Example 17.11, "Output of the ifconfig Command" (page 253), ifconfig