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1.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1991, 1993
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29.\" $FreeBSD: head/sbin/ifconfig/ifconfig.8 235671 2012-05-19 23:25:57Z bz $
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31.Dd May 19, 2012
31.Dd May 27, 2012
32.Dt IFCONFIG 8
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm ifconfig
36.Nd configure network interface parameters
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Fl L

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367.It Cm inst Ar minst , Cm instance Ar minst
368Set the media instance to
369.Ar minst .
370This is useful for devices which have multiple physical layer interfaces
371.Pq PHYs .
372.It Cm name Ar name
373Set the interface name to
374.Ar name .
32.Dt IFCONFIG 8
33.Os
34.Sh NAME
35.Nm ifconfig
36.Nd configure network interface parameters
37.Sh SYNOPSIS
38.Nm
39.Op Fl L

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367.It Cm inst Ar minst , Cm instance Ar minst
368Set the media instance to
369.Ar minst .
370This is useful for devices which have multiple physical layer interfaces
371.Pq PHYs .
372.It Cm name Ar name
373Set the interface name to
374.Ar name .
375.It Cm rxcsum , txcsum
375.It Cm rxcsum , txcsum , rxcsum6 , txcsum6
376If the driver supports user-configurable checksum offloading,
377enable receive (or transmit) checksum offloading on the interface.
376If the driver supports user-configurable checksum offloading,
377enable receive (or transmit) checksum offloading on the interface.
378The feature can be turned on selectively per protocol family.
379Use
380.Cm rxcsum6 , txcsum6
381for
382.Xr ip6 4
383or
384.Cm rxcsum , txcsum
385otherwise.
378Some drivers may not be able to enable these flags independently
379of each other, so setting one may also set the other.
380The driver will offload as much checksum work as it can reliably
381support, the exact level of offloading varies between drivers.
386Some drivers may not be able to enable these flags independently
387of each other, so setting one may also set the other.
388The driver will offload as much checksum work as it can reliably
389support, the exact level of offloading varies between drivers.
382.It Fl rxcsum , txcsum
390.It Fl rxcsum , txcsum , rxcsum6 , txcsum6
383If the driver supports user-configurable checksum offloading,
384disable receive (or transmit) checksum offloading on the interface.
391If the driver supports user-configurable checksum offloading,
392disable receive (or transmit) checksum offloading on the interface.
393The feature can be turned off selectively per protocol family.
394Use
395.Fl rxcsum6 , txcsum6
396for
397.Xr ip6 4
398or
399.Fl rxcsum , txcsum
400otherwise.
385These settings may not always be independent of each other.
386.It Cm tso
387If the driver supports
388.Xr tcp 4
389segmentation offloading, enable TSO on the interface.
390Some drivers may not be able to support TSO for
391.Xr ip 4
392and

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401These settings may not always be independent of each other.
402.It Cm tso
403If the driver supports
404.Xr tcp 4
405segmentation offloading, enable TSO on the interface.
406Some drivers may not be able to support TSO for
407.Xr ip 4
408and

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