Determining the status of resources

To check the actual status of the network interface, use the IP netstat and ifconfig commands.

The netstat command provides the names of all network interfaces together with addressing and statistical information. The ifconfig command shows the current parameters of a specified network interface.

  1. The netstat command provides the names of all network interfaces together with addressing and statistical information. To list all network interfaces, from the Connection Manager command line, enter: 
    netstat -i

    An example on a Linux is shown in Sample output of netstat command - Linux

    Figure 1. Sample output of netstat command - Linux . The figure shows a sample output of the netstat command showing the status of the network interface on Linux™
    # netstat -i
Name		Mtu	  Net/Dest		  Address	  Ipkts	  Ierrs Opkts	Oerrs Collis Queue
lo0		8232		loopback	localhost  	785614	  0     785614    0    0     0
trp0		4472		Jlj		Jlj		16401177   0	135886	 0	0    0

mn0		1500		10.150.1.0 	10.150.1.1	  0	  0	0	 0	0    0
# pwd
/user/dt/bin
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  2. To show the current parameters of a specified network interface, from the SafeLinx Server command line on UNIX-based systems, enter: 
    ifconfig mn0
    On Windows systems, enter:
    ipconfig mn0

    An example on a Linux is shown in Sample output of ifconfig command - Linux

    Figure 2. Sample output of ifconfig command - Linux . The figure shows a sample output of the ifconfig command showing the current parameters of the network interface on a Linux™.
    # ifconfig mn0
mn0: flags=043<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
	inet 10.150.1.1 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 10.150.1.255
	ether 0:6:13:19:58:0
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