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title: "What are Ipconfig and Ifconfig?"  
description: "What are Ipconfig and Ifconfig?"  
author: "Sandra Emily"  
published: 2022-04-25  
canonical: https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/96991/what-are-ipconfig-and-ifconfig  
category: "troubleshooting"  
tags: ["troubleshooting", "internet", "networking"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# What are Ipconfig and Ifconfig?

What are Ipconfig and Ifconfig?

## Answers

### Answer by Hitesh Vohra

- I**nternet Protocol Configuration** is abbreviated as ipconfig. This command displays all of the computer's current TCP/IP network configuration values. In the Microsoft Windows operating system, the ipconfig command is primarily used. However, React OS and Apple [**Mac**](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/49868/how-to-change-default-pdf-application-in-mac-os-x) OS both support it.
- **ifconfig stands for Interface Configuration**. This command is similar to ipconfig in that it displays all of the computer's current TCP/IP network setup values. In a Unix-like operating system, the ifconfig command is primarily utilised. Only the enabled configurations of networking devices currently connected to the system are displayed by the ifconfig command.

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