NETCFG(8)

NAME
netcfg - start/stop/control network profiles

SYNOPSIS
netcfg [options] profile netcfg profile

DESCRIPTION
netcfg is used to configure and manage network connections via profiles. It has pluggable support for a range of connection types, such as wireless, ethernet. ppp. It is also capable of starting/stopping many to one connections, that is, multiple connections within the same profile, optionally with bonding. It may be run at boot, by enabling the /etc/rc.d/net-profiles daemon in /etc/rc.conf DAEMONS line. After boot time, it may be used to start profiles, simply by passing only the profile name.

OPTIONS

-c, check-iface profile
    Start the specified profile, only if it's interface is not currently up.

-d, down profile
    Stop the specified profile

-r, reconnect profile
    Disconnect and reconnect the specified profile

-i, iface-down interface
    Stop the profile up on the specified interface.

-a, all-down
    Stop all connected profiles

all-suspend
    Suspend and store the name of all active profiles.

all-resume
    Reconnect any profiles that have been suspended.

current
    Report currently running profiles

-l, list
    List all available profiles

-v, --version
    Display version information and exit

-h, --help
    Display help message and exit

FILES

/usr/lib/network/
    Currently installed network profile types.

/etc/network.d/examples
    Example configurations for this script

/etc/network.d/hooks
    See /usr/share/doc/netcfg/contrib for examples.

ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES

NETCFG_DEBUG
    Set to 'yes' to activate debugging output.

BUGS
None, hopefully, but if you do find one of these elusive things, please submit at http://bugs.archlinux.org/ or email one of the authors below.

AUTHOR
James Rayner <james@archlinux.org> Others listed in AUTHORS file in source.

SEE ALSO
ethernet(5), iwconfig(8), wireless(5)