man/network-device.8.in

   1 .TH network-device 8 "6 Jun 2012" "@VERSION@" "network man page"
   2
   3 .SH NAME
   4 network-device \- Network Configuration Control Program
   5
   6 .SH SYNOPSIS
   7 \fBnetwork [OPTIONS] device <device> [status|discover] ...\fR
   8
   9 .SH DESCRIPTION
  10 By the device subcommands, it is very easy to get status information
  11 about network devices and do some more things.
  12
  13 .SH OPTIONS
  14 The \fBnetwork device\fR command offers various commands:
  15
  16 \fB<device> status\fR
  17 .RS 4
  18 This will show you very detailed information about the given device.
  19 .PP
  20 This is all about the ethernet parts of the device and does not contain
  21 any 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
  27 Runs a discovery for many hooks on the given device. This will check
  28 if the hook can find for example a DHCP server or DSLAM and thus predict
  29 for what the device should be used.
  30 .RE
  31 .PP
  32
  33 .SH SEE ALSO
  34 network(8)
  35
  36 .SH AUTHOR
  37 Michael Tremer (michael.tremer@ipfire.org)