Re: FreeBSD equivalent of ethtool

On 10/13/21 4:29 PM, Rocky Hotas wrote:
> Hello!
> `pkg search ethtool' provides no suitable results. Is there any executable
> in FreeBSD base system or ports which offers the same functionalities
> (or similar ones) as ethtool in Linux?

I think it really depends on what your specific use-case is.

I find that BSD ifconfig(8) covers most use cases for configuring 
interfaces (both physical and virtual), and the sysctl interface is also 
useful for pulling and setting device specific information. the latter 
is usually well documented in the man page for the interface (see 
if_em(4) for example).

it should be noted that ifconfig(8) on bsd's tends to do much more than 
the old linux ifconfig and probably the new "ip" command as well.

finaly, netstat(1) is very helpful for viewing information about the 
network stack itself, for example "netstat -m" to view memory stats.

-p

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Pete Wright
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