# networkctl

> Query the status of network links.
> Manage the network configuration using `systemd-networkd`.
> More information: <https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/latest/networkctl.html>.

- List existing links with their status:

`networkctl`

- Show an overall network status:

`networkctl status`

- Bring network devices up:

`sudo networkctl up {{interface1 interface2 ...}}`

- Bring network devices down:

`sudo networkctl down {{interface1 interface2 ...}}`

- Renew dynamic configurations (e.g. IP addresses received from a DHCP server):

`sudo networkctl renew {{interface1 interface2 ...}}`

- Reload configuration files (`.netdev` and `.network`):

`sudo networkctl reload`

- Reconfigure network interfaces (if you edited the config, you need to call `networkctl reload` first):

`sudo networkctl reconfigure {{interface1 interface2 ...}}`