{"id":4589,"date":"2014-10-31T07:15:00","date_gmt":"2014-10-31T07:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bodhost.com\/kb\/?p=4589"},"modified":"2026-02-26T14:04:31","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T14:04:31","slug":"how-to-use-ifconfig-under-centos-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/how-to-use-ifconfig-under-centos-7\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Use ifconfig Under CentOS 7?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-4590\" src=\"https:\/\/bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ifconfig.png\" alt=\"ifconfig\" width=\"591\" height=\"137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ifconfig.png 413w, https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/ifconfig-300x69.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As we all know that recently CentOS released a new version \u201c7\u201d. This new stable version has its own share of changes, and among them, is the fact that the ifconfig control no longer present in the native system. So if you have old habits, then you may want to find this option in this newer version. And I am sure you probably not the only one trying to reinstall it on CentOS 7.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>So the first question you may ask whether ifconfig is already available in the package.<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">To regain the use of ifconfig and related network management commands. You should find the name of the package containing the command. The command yum gives the option to search a package according to the order that is sought rather handy. You need to use the option \u201cprovides\u201d as below:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">yum provides ifconfig<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You will see that there is a package called \u201cnet-tools\u201d which will allow you to use ifconfig command:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>How to install the net-tools package?<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">You just need to run the following command:<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<pre class=\"wp-block-preformatted\">yum install net-tools<\/pre>\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\r\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"612\" height=\"187\" class=\"wp-image-4592\" src=\"https:\/\/bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/net-tools.png\" alt=\"net-tools\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/net-tools.png 612w, https:\/\/www.bodhost.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/net-tools-300x91.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 612px) 100vw, 612px\" \/><\/figure>\r\n<\/div>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then validate your choice due to the display of the selected repository and dependencies so you can finally reuse your order ifconfig.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we all know that recently CentOS released a new version \u201c7\u201d. 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