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4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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5 | %general-entities;
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6 |
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7 | <!ENTITY net-tools-download-http "http://www.tazenda.demon.co.uk/phil/net-tools/net-tools-&net-tools-version;.tar.bz2">
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8 | <!ENTITY net-tools-download-ftp " ">
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9 | <!ENTITY net-tools-size "194 KB">
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10 | <!ENTITY net-tools-buildsize "9.4 MB">
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11 | <!ENTITY net-tools-time "0.10 SBU">
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12 | ]>
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13 |
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14 | <sect1 id="net-tools" xreflabel="Net-tools-&net-tools-version;">
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15 | <?dbhtml filename="net-tools.html"?>
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16 | <title>Net-tools-&net-tools-version;</title>
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17 |
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18 |
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19 | <sect2>
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20 | <title>Introduction to <application>Net-tools</application></title>
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21 |
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22 | <para>The <application>Net-tools</application> package is a collection
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23 | of programs for controlling the network subsystem of the Linux
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24 | kernel.</para>
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25 |
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26 | <sect3><title>Package information</title>
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27 | <itemizedlist spacing='compact'>
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28 | <listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&net-tools-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
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29 | <listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&net-tools-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
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30 | <listitem><para>Download size: &net-tools-size;</para></listitem>
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31 | <listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &net-tools-buildsize;</para></listitem>
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32 | <listitem><para>Estimated build time: &net-tools-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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33 | </sect3>
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34 |
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35 | <!--
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36 | <sect3><title>Additional downloads</title>
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37 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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38 | <listitem><para>Required Patch: <ulink
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39 | url="&patch-root;/net-tools-&net-tools-version;-gcc34-3.patch"/></para></listitem>
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40 | </itemizedlist></sect3>
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41 | -->
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42 |
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43 | </sect2>
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44 |
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45 | <sect2>
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46 | <title>Installation of <application>Net-tools</application></title>
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47 |
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48 | <para>If you don't know what to answer to all the questions asked during
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49 | the <command>make config</command> phase below, then just accept the
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50 | defaults. This will be just fine in the majority of cases. What you're
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51 | asked here is a bunch of questions about which network protocols you've
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52 | enabled in your kernel. The default answers will enable the tools from
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53 | this package to work with the most common protocols:
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54 | <acronym>TCP</acronym>, <acronym>PPP</acronym>, and several others. You
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55 | still need to actually enable these protocols in the kernel—what you
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56 | do here is merely telling the package to include support for those
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57 | protocols in its programs, but it's up to the kernel to make the
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58 | protocols available.</para>
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59 |
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60 | <!--
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61 | <para>This package has issues with being compiled by
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62 | <application><acronym>GCC</acronym></application> 3.4, which we fix by
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63 | applying the following patch:</para>
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64 |
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65 | <screen><userinput><command>patch -Np1 -i ../net-tools-&net-tools-version;-gcc34-3.patch</command></userinput></screen>
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66 |
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67 | <para>Fix an issue that arises when building against Linux 2.6:</para>
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68 |
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69 | <screen><userinput><command>sed -i 's@x25_address@struct &@' lib/x25_sr.c</command></userinput></screen>
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70 | -->
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71 |
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72 | <para>Install <application>Net-tools</application> by running the
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73 | following commands:</para>
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74 |
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75 | <screen><userinput><command>yes "" | make config &&
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76 | make &&
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77 | make update</command></userinput></screen>
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78 |
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79 | </sect2>
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80 |
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81 | <sect2>
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82 | <title>Command explanations</title>
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83 |
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84 | <para><command>yes "" | make config</command>:
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85 | We skip all the questions and accept the defaults.
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86 | </para>
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87 |
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88 | </sect2>
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89 |
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90 | <sect2>
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91 | <title>Contents</title>
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92 |
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93 | <para>The <application>Net-tools</application> package contains
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94 | <command>arp</command>,
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95 | <command>dnsdomainname</command>,
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96 | <command>domainname</command>,
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97 | <command>hostname</command>,
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98 | <command>ifconfig</command>,
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99 | <command>nameif</command>,
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100 | <command>netstat</command>,
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101 | <command>nisdomainname</command>,
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102 | <command>plipconfig</command>,
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103 | <command>rarp</command>,
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104 | <command>route</command>,
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105 | <command>slattach</command> and
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106 | <command>ypdomainname</command>.</para>
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107 |
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108 | </sect2>
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109 |
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110 | <sect2><title>Description</title>
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111 |
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112 | <sect3><title>arp</title>
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113 | <para><command>arp</command>
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114 | is used to manipulate the kernel's <acronym>ARP</acronym> cache, usually
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115 | to add or delete an entry, or to dump the entire cache.
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116 | </para></sect3>
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117 |
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118 | <sect3><title>dnsdomainname</title>
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119 | <para><command>dnsdomainname</command>
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120 | reports the system's <acronym>DNS</acronym> domain name.
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121 | </para></sect3>
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122 |
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123 | <sect3><title>domainname</title>
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124 | <para><command>domainname</command>
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125 | reports or sets the system's
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126 | <acronym>NIS</acronym>/<acronym>YP</acronym> domain name.
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127 | </para></sect3>
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128 |
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129 | <sect3><title>hostname</title>
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130 | <para><command>hostname</command>
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131 | reports or sets the name of the current host system.
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132 | </para></sect3>
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133 |
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134 | <sect3><title>ifconfig</title>
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135 | <para><command>ifconfig</command>
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136 | is the main utility for configuring network interfaces.
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137 | </para></sect3>
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138 |
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139 | <sect3><title>nameif</title>
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140 | <para><command>nameif</command>
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141 | names network interfaces based on <acronym>MAC</acronym> addresses.
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142 | </para></sect3>
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143 |
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144 | <sect3><title>netstat</title>
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145 | <para><command>netstat</command>
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146 | is used to report network connections, routing tables, and interface
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147 | statistics.
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148 | </para></sect3>
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149 |
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150 | <sect3><title>nisdomainname</title>
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151 | <para><command>nisdomainname</command>
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152 | does the same as <command>domainname</command>.
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153 | </para></sect3>
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154 |
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155 | <sect3><title>plipconfig</title>
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156 | <para><command>plipconfig</command>
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157 | is used to fine tune the <acronym>PLIP</acronym> device parameters, to
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158 | improve its performance.
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159 | </para></sect3>
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160 |
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161 | <sect3><title>rarp</title>
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162 | <para><command>rarp</command>
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163 | is used to manipulate the kernel's <acronym>RARP</acronym> table.
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164 | </para></sect3>
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165 |
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166 | <sect3><title>route</title>
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167 | <para><command>route</command>
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168 | is used to manipulate the <acronym>IP</acronym> routing table.
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169 | </para></sect3>
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170 |
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171 | <sect3><title>slattach</title>
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172 | <para><command>slattach</command>
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173 | attaches a network interface to a serial line. This allows you to use
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174 | normal terminal lines for point-to-point links to other computers.
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175 | </para></sect3>
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176 |
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177 | <sect3><title>ypdomainname</title>
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178 | <para><command>ypdomainname</command>
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179 | does the same as <command>domainname</command>.
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180 | </para></sect3>
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181 |
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182 | </sect2>
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183 |
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184 | </sect1>
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