%general-entities; ]> $LastChangedBy$ $Date$ Net-tools The Net-tools package is a collection of programs for controlling the network subsystem of the Linux kernel. &lfs75_checked; Package Information Download (HTTP): Download (FTP): Download MD5 sum: &net-tools-md5sum; Download size: &net-tools-size; Estimated disk space required: &net-tools-buildsize; Estimated build time: &net-tools-time; User Notes: The Net-tools package installs a hostname program which will overwrite the existing program installed by Inetutils during a base LFS installation. If, for whatever reason, you need to reinstall the Inetutils package after installing Net-tools, you should add --disable-hostname to the Inetutils configure command in LFS if you wish to preserve the Net-tools hostname program. The instructions below automate the configuration process by piping yes to the make config command. If you wish to run the interactive configuration process (by changing the instruction to just make config), but you are not sure how to answer all the questions, then just accept the defaults. This will be just fine in the majority of cases. What you're asked here is a bunch of questions about which network protocols you've enabled in your kernel. The default answers will enable the tools from this package to work with the most common protocols: TCP, PPP, and several others. You still need to actually enable these protocols in the kernel—what you do here is merely tell the package to include support for those protocols in its programs, but it's up to the kernel to make the protocols available. This package has several unneeded protocols and hardware device specific functions that are obsolete. To only build the minimum needed for your system, skip the yes command and answer each question interactively. The minimum needed options are 'UNIX protocol family' and 'INET (TCP/IP) protocol family'. Install Net-tools by running the following commands: sed -i -e '/Token/s/y$/n/' config.in && sed -i -e '/HAVE_HWSTRIP/s/y$/n/' config.in && yes "" | make config && make This package does not come with a test suite. Now, as the root user: make update sed -i -e '/Token/s/y$/n/' config.in: Change the default for building obsolete token ring support to no. This is a simpler change than changing the location for the token ring headers. sed -i -e '/HAVE_HWSTRIP/s/y$/n/' config.in: Removes obsolete Metricom radio support that requires a header no longer included in the kernel. yes "" | make config: Piping yes to make config skips the interactive configuration and accepts the defaults. Installed Programs Installed Libraries Installed Directories arp, dnsdomainname, domainname, hostname, ifconfig, ipmaddr, iptunnel, mii-tool, nameif, netstat, nisdomainname, plipconfig, rarp, route, slattach, and ypdomainname None None Short Descriptions arp is used to manipulate the kernel's ARP cache, usually to add or delete an entry, or to dump the entire cache. arp dnsdomainname reports the system's DNS domain name. dnsdomainname domainname reports or sets the system's NIS/YP domain name. domainname hostname reports or sets the name of the current host system. hostname ifconfig is the main utility for configuring network interfaces. ifconfig ipmaddr adds, deletes and shows an interface's multicast addresses. ipmaddr iptunnel adds, changes, deletes and shows an interface's tunnels. iptunnel mii-tool checks or sets the status of a network interface's Media Independent Interface (MII) unit. mii-tool nameif names network interfaces based on MAC addresses. nameif netstat is used to report network connections, routing tables, and interface statistics. netstat nisdomainname does the same as domainname. nisdomainname plipconfig is used to fine tune the PLIP device parameters, to improve its performance. plipconfig rarp is used to manipulate the kernel's RARP table. rarp route is used to manipulate the IP routing table. route slattach attaches a network interface to a serial line. This allows you to use normal terminal lines for point-to-point links to other computers. slattach ypdomainname does the same as domainname. ypdomainname