iproute2 2.6.15 060110

iproute2 is `iproute, the professional set of tools to control the networking behavior in kernels 2.2.x and later.

ip link - network device configuration

A link refers a network device. The ip link object and the corresponding command set allows viewing and manipulating the state of network devices. The commands for the link object are just two, set and show.

ip link set --- change device attributes.

Abbreviations: set, s

Warning

You can request multiple parameter changes with ip link. If you request multiple parameter changes and any ONE change fails then ip aborts immediately after the failure thus the parameter changes previous to the failure have completed and are not backed out on abort. This is the only case where using the ip command can leave your system in an unpredictable state. The solution is to avoid changing multiple parameters with one ip link set call. Use as many individual ip link set commands as necessary to perform the actions you desire.