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1.TH network-device 8 "6 Jun 2012" "@VERSION@" "network man page"
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3.SH NAME
4network-device \- Network Configuration Control Program
5
6.SH SYNOPSIS
7\fBnetwork [OPTIONS] device <device> [status|discover] ...\fR
8
9.SH DESCRIPTION
10By the device subcommands, it is very easy to get status information
11about network devices and do some more things.
12
13.SH OPTIONS
14The \fBnetwork device\fR command offers various commands:
15
16\fB<device> status\fR
17.RS 4
18This will show you very detailed information about the given device.
19.PP
20This is all about the ethernet parts of the device and does not contain
21any IP information as this is defined as a zone (\fBnetwork-zone\fR(8)).
22.RE
23.PP
24
25\fB<device> discover\fR
26.RS 4
27Runs a discovery for many hooks on the given device. This will check
28if the hook can find for example a DHCP server or DSLAM and thus predict
29for what the device should be used.
30.RE
31.PP
32
33.SH SEE ALSO
34network(8)
35
36.SH AUTHOR
37Michael Tremer (michael.tremer@ipfire.org)