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authorLucas Magasweran <lrm@linux.com>2021-05-10 10:11:28 +0200
committerLucas Magasweran <lrm@linux.com>2021-05-10 13:40:33 +0200
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man: network: use `networkctl list` instead of `status` to list network interface type
To determine the network interface type for use in the `Type=` directive, it is more concise to use the `list` command. Whereas, the `status` command requires an interface parameter. For example, on a RaspberryPi 4 the following shows that the `wlan0` interface type `wlan` is more coveniently listed by the `list` command. ``` root@raspberrypi4-64:~# networkctl list IDX LINK TYPE OPERATIONAL SETUP 1 lo loopback carrier unmanaged 2 eth0 ether routable configured 3 wlan0 wlan off unmanaged 3 links listed. ``` Whereas the `networkctl status` command doesn't include this information. ``` root@raspberrypi4-64:~# networkctl status ● State: routable Address: 192.168.1.141 on eth0 fd8b:8779:b7a4::f43 on eth0 fd8b:8779:b7a4:0:dea6:32ff:febe:d1ce on eth0 fe80::dea6:32ff:febe:d1ce on eth0 Gateway: 192.168.1.1 (CZ.NIC, z.s.p.o.) on eth0 DNS: 192.168.1.1 May 07 14:17:18 raspberrypi4-64 systemd-networkd[212]: eth0: Gained carrier May 07 14:17:19 raspberrypi4-64 systemd-networkd[212]: eth0: Gained IPv6LL May 07 14:17:19 raspberrypi4-64 systemd-networkd[212]: eth0: DHCPv6 address fd8b:8779:b7a4::f43/128 timeout preferred -1 valid -1 May 07 14:17:21 raspberrypi4-64 systemd-networkd[212]: eth0: DHCPv4 address 192.168.1.141/24 via 192.168.1.1 ``` To get the interface type using the `status` command you need to specify an additional argument. ``` root@raspberrypi4-64:~# networkctl status wlan0 ● 3: wlan0 Link File: /lib/systemd/network/99-default.link Network File: n/a Type: wlan State: off (unmanaged) Path: platform-fe300000.mmcnr Driver: brcmfmac HW Address: dc:a6:32:be:d1:cf (Raspberry Pi Trading Ltd) MTU: 1500 (min: 68, max: 1500) QDisc: noop IPv6 Address Generation Mode: eui64 Queue Length (Tx/Rx): 1/1 ```
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<term><varname>Type=</varname></term>
<listitem>
<para>A whitespace-separated list of shell-style globs matching the device type, as exposed by
- <command>networkctl status</command>. If the list is prefixed with a "!", the test is inverted.
+ <command>networkctl list</command>. If the list is prefixed with a "!", the test is inverted.
+ Some valid values are <literal>ether</literal>, <literal>loopback</literal>, <literal>wlan</literal>, <literal>wwan</literal>.
+ Valid types are named either from the udev <literal>DEVTYPE</literal> attribute, or
+ <literal>ARPHRD_</literal> macros in <filename>linux/if_arp.h</filename>, so this is not comprehensive.
</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>