# use -i ifconfig NAME=ifconfig DESCRIPTION=Utility for configuring network interfaces DATE=2008/10/20-23:14:04-EDT STATE=Stable HOST=trunkbuild USER=builder VERSION=6.4.0 # ifconfig --help ifconfig: illegal option -- - usage: ifconfig [-h] [-m] [-v] [-z] [-L] interface [ af [ address [ dest_addr ] ] [ netmask mask ] [ prefixlen n ] [ alias | -alias ] ] [ up ] [ down ] [ metric n ] [ mtu n ] [ nwid network_id ] [ nwkey network_key | -nwkey ] [ powersave | -powersave ] [ powersavesleep duration ] [ hidessid | -hidessid ] [ apbridge | -apbridge ] [ [ af ] tunnel src_addr dest_addr ] [ deletetunnel ] [ arp | -arp ] [ media type ] [ mediaopt opts ] [ -mediaopt opts ] [ instance minst ] [ preference n ] [ vlan n vlanif i ] [ agrport i ] [ -agrport i ] [ anycast | -anycast ] [ deprecated | -deprecated ] [ tentative | -tentative ] [ pltime n ] [ vltime n ] [ eui64 ] [ link0 | -link0 ] [ link1 | -link1 ] [ link2 | -link2 ] ifconfig -a [-b] [-h] [-m] [-d] [-u] [-v] [-z] [ af ] ifconfig -l [-b] [-d] [-u] [-s] ifconfig -C ifconfig interface create ifconfig interface destroy => No option to enable the hw checksum. # ifconfig tsec1 tsec1: flags=8802 mtu 1500 capabilities rx=7 capabilities tx=0 enabled=0 address: 00:e0:0c:00:01:fd media: Ethernet none # ifconfig tsec1 172.18.80.231 # ifconfig tsec1 tsec1: flags=8843 mtu 1500 capabilities rx=7 capabilities tx=0 enabled=0 address: 00:e0:0c:00:01:fd media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex) status: active inet 172.18.80.231 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 172.18.255.255 # ifconfig tsec1 ip4csum tcp4csum udp4csum ifconfig: SIOCSIFCAP: Invalid argument # ifconfig tsec1 tsec1: flags=8843 mtu 1500 capabilities rx=7 capabilities tx=0 enabled=0 address: 00:e0:0c:00:01:fd media: Ethernet autoselect (100baseTX full-duplex) status: active inet 172.18.80.231 netmask 0xffff0000 broadcast 172.18.255.255 # ifconfig tsec1 ip4csum-tx tcp4csum-tx udp4csum-tx ifconfig: SIOCSIFCAP: Invalid argument #