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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 "&sources-anduin-http;/n/net-tools-&net-tools-version;.tar.gz">
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| 8 | <!ENTITY net-tools-download-ftp "&sources-anduin-ftp;/n/net-tools-&net-tools-version;.tar.gz">
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| 9 | <!ENTITY net-tools-md5sum "6be14ed473cacdd68edeaa9605adc469">
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| 10 | <!ENTITY net-tools-size "222 KB">
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| 11 | <!ENTITY net-tools-buildsize "7.0 MB">
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| 12 | <!ENTITY net-tools-time "less than 0.1 SBU">
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| 13 | ]>
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| 14 |
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| 15 | <sect1 id="net-tools" xreflabel="Net-tools-&net-tools-version;">
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| 16 | <?dbhtml filename="net-tools.html"?>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect1info>
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| 19 | <othername>$LastChangedBy$</othername>
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| 20 | <date>$Date$</date>
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| 21 | </sect1info>
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| 22 |
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| 23 | <title>Net-tools-&net-tools-version;</title>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <indexterm zone="net-tools">
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| 26 | <primary sortas="a-Net-tools">Net-tools</primary>
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| 27 | </indexterm>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 30 | <title>Introduction to Net-tools</title>
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| 31 |
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| 32 | <para>The <application>Net-tools</application> package is a collection
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| 33 | of programs for controlling the network subsystem of the Linux
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| 34 | kernel.</para>
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| 35 |
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| 36 | &lfs72_checked;
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| 37 |
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| 38 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Package Information</bridgehead>
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| 39 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 40 | <listitem>
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| 41 | <para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&net-tools-download-http;"/></para>
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| 42 | </listitem>
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| 43 | <listitem>
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| 44 | <para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&net-tools-download-ftp;"/></para>
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| 45 | </listitem>
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| 46 | <listitem>
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| 47 | <para>Download MD5 sum: &net-tools-md5sum;</para>
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| 48 | </listitem>
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| 49 | <listitem>
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| 50 | <para>Download size: &net-tools-size;</para>
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| 51 | </listitem>
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| 52 | <listitem>
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| 53 | <para>Estimated disk space required: &net-tools-buildsize;</para>
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| 54 | </listitem>
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| 55 | <listitem>
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| 56 | <para>Estimated build time: &net-tools-time;</para>
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| 57 | </listitem>
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| 58 | </itemizedlist>
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| 59 |
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| 60 | <!--
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| 61 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Additional Downloads</bridgehead>
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| 62 | <itemizedlist spacing="compact">
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| 63 | <listitem>
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| 64 | <para>Required Patch: <ulink
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| 65 | url="&patch-root;/net-tools-&net-tools-version;-gcc34-3.patch"/></para>
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| 66 | </listitem>
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| 67 | <listitem>
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| 68 | <para>Required Patch: <ulink
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| 69 | url="&patch-root;/net-tools-&net-tools-version;-kernel_headers-2.patch"/></para>
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| 70 | </listitem>
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| 71 | <listitem>
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| 72 | <para>Required Patch: <ulink
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| 73 | url="&patch-root;/net-tools-&net-tools-version;-mii_ioctl-1.patch"/></para>
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| 74 | </listitem>
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| 75 | </itemizedlist>
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| 76 | -->
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <para condition="html" role="usernotes">User Notes:
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| 79 | <ulink url="&blfs-wiki;/net-tools"/></para>
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| 80 |
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| 81 | </sect2>
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| 82 |
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| 83 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 84 | <title>Installation of Net-tools</title>
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| 85 |
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| 86 | <note>
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| 87 | <para>The <application>Net-tools</application> package installs a
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| 88 | <command>hostname</command> program which will overwrite the existing
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| 89 | program installed by <application>Inetutils</application> during a base
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| 90 | LFS installation. If, for whatever reason, you need to reinstall the
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| 91 | <application>Inetutils</application> package after installing
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| 92 | <application>Net-tools</application>, you should add
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| 93 | <command>--disable-hostname</command> to the Inetutils
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| 94 | <command>configure</command> command in LFS if you wish to preserve the
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| 95 | <application>Net-tools</application> <command>hostname</command>
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| 96 | program.</para>
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| 97 | </note>
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| 98 |
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| 99 | <para id="net-tools-automate-example" xreflabel="Net-tools">The
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| 100 | instructions below automate the configuration process by piping
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| 101 | <command>yes</command> to the <command>make config</command> command. If
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| 102 | you wish to run the interactive configuration process (by changing the
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| 103 | instruction to just <command>make config</command>), but you are not sure
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| 104 | how to answer all the questions, then just accept the defaults. This will
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| 105 | be just fine in the majority of cases. What you're asked here is a bunch of
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| 106 | questions about which network protocols you've enabled in your kernel. The
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| 107 | default answers will enable the tools from this package to work with the
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| 108 | most common protocols: TCP, PPP, and several others. You still need to
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| 109 | actually enable these protocols in the kernel—what you do here is
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| 110 | merely tell the package to include support for those protocols in its
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| 111 | programs, but it's up to the kernel to make the protocols available.</para>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <note><para>This package has several unneeded protocols and hardware device
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| 114 | specific functions that are obsolete. To only build the minimum needed for
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| 115 | your system, skip the <command>yes</command> command and answer each
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| 116 | question interactively. The minimum needed options are 'UNIX protocol
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| 117 | family' and 'INET (TCP/IP) protocol family'.</para></note>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <para>Install <application>Net-tools</application> by running the
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| 120 | following commands:</para>
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| 121 |
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| 122 | <screen><userinput>sed -i -e '/Token/s/y$/n/' config.in &&
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| 123 | yes "" | make config &&
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| 124 | make</userinput></screen>
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| 125 |
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| 126 | <para>This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <para>Now, as the <systemitem class="username">root</systemitem> user:</para>
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| 129 |
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| 130 | <screen role='root'><userinput>make update</userinput></screen>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | </sect2>
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| 133 |
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| 134 | <sect2 role="commands">
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| 135 | <title>Command Explanations</title>
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| 136 |
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| 137 | <para><command>sed -i -e '/Token/s/y$/n/' config.in</command>: Change the
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| 138 | default for building obsolete token ring support to no. This is a
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| 139 | simpler change than changing the location for the token ring headers.
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| 140 | </para>
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| 141 |
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| 142 | <para><command>yes "" | make config</command>: Piping <command>yes</command>
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| 143 | to <command>make config</command> skips the interactive configuration and
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| 144 | accepts the defaults.</para>
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| 145 |
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| 146 | </sect2>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <sect2 role="content">
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| 149 | <title>Contents</title>
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| 150 |
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| 151 | <segmentedlist>
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| 152 | <segtitle>Installed Programs</segtitle>
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| 153 | <segtitle>Installed Libraries</segtitle>
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| 154 | <segtitle>Installed Directories</segtitle>
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| 155 |
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| 156 | <seglistitem>
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| 157 | <seg>arp, dnsdomainname, domainname, hostname,
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| 158 | ifconfig, ipmaddr, iptunnel, mii-tool, nameif, netstat,
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| 159 | nisdomainname, plipconfig, rarp, route, slattach, and
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| 160 | ypdomainname</seg>
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| 161 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 162 | <seg>None</seg>
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| 163 | </seglistitem>
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| 164 | </segmentedlist>
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| 165 |
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| 166 | <variablelist>
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| 167 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 168 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 169 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
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| 170 |
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| 171 | <varlistentry id="arp">
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| 172 | <term><command>arp</command></term>
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| 173 | <listitem>
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| 174 | <para>is used to manipulate the kernel's ARP cache, usually
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| 175 | to add or delete an entry, or to dump the entire cache.</para>
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| 176 | <indexterm zone="net-tools arp">
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| 177 | <primary sortas="b-arp">arp</primary>
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| 178 | </indexterm>
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| 179 | </listitem>
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| 180 | </varlistentry>
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| 181 |
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| 182 | <varlistentry id="dnsdomainname">
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| 183 | <term><command>dnsdomainname</command></term>
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| 184 | <listitem>
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| 185 | <para>reports the system's DNS domain name.</para>
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| 186 | <indexterm zone="net-tools dnsdomainname">
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| 187 | <primary sortas="b-dnsdomainname">dnsdomainname</primary>
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| 188 | </indexterm>
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| 189 | </listitem>
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| 190 | </varlistentry>
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| 191 |
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| 192 | <varlistentry id="domainname">
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| 193 | <term><command>domainname</command></term>
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| 194 | <listitem>
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| 195 | <para>reports or sets the system's NIS/YP domain name.</para>
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| 196 | <indexterm zone="net-tools domainname">
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| 197 | <primary sortas="b-domainname">domainname</primary>
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| 198 | </indexterm>
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| 199 | </listitem>
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| 200 | </varlistentry>
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| 201 |
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| 202 | <varlistentry id="hostname">
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| 203 | <term><command>hostname</command></term>
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| 204 | <listitem>
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| 205 | <para>reports or sets the name of the current host system.</para>
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| 206 | <indexterm zone="net-tools hostname">
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| 207 | <primary sortas="b-hostname">hostname</primary>
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| 208 | </indexterm>
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| 209 | </listitem>
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| 210 | </varlistentry>
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| 211 |
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| 212 | <varlistentry id="ifconfig">
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| 213 | <term><command>ifconfig</command></term>
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| 214 | <listitem>
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| 215 | <para>is the main utility for configuring network interfaces.</para>
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| 216 | <indexterm zone="net-tools ifconfig">
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| 217 | <primary sortas="b-ifconfig">ifconfig</primary>
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| 218 | </indexterm>
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| 219 | </listitem>
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| 220 | </varlistentry>
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| 221 |
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| 222 | <varlistentry id="ipmaddr">
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| 223 | <term><command>ipmaddr</command></term>
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| 224 | <listitem>
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| 225 | <para>adds, deletes and shows an interface's multicast addresses.</para>
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| 226 | <indexterm zone="net-tools ipmaddr">
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| 227 | <primary sortas="b-ipmaddr">ipmaddr</primary>
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| 228 | </indexterm>
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| 229 | </listitem>
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| 230 | </varlistentry>
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| 231 |
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| 232 | <varlistentry id="iptunnel">
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| 233 | <term><command>iptunnel</command></term>
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| 234 | <listitem>
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| 235 | <para>adds, changes, deletes and shows an interface's tunnels.</para>
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| 236 | <indexterm zone="net-tools iptunnel">
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| 237 | <primary sortas="b-iptunnel">iptunnel</primary>
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| 238 | </indexterm>
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| 239 | </listitem>
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| 240 | </varlistentry>
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| 241 |
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| 242 | <varlistentry id="mii-tool">
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| 243 | <term><command>mii-tool</command></term>
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| 244 | <listitem>
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| 245 | <para>checks or sets the status of a network interface's Media Independent
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| 246 | Interface (MII) unit.</para>
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| 247 | <indexterm zone="net-tools mii-tool">
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| 248 | <primary sortas="b-mii-tool">mii-tool</primary>
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| 249 | </indexterm>
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| 250 | </listitem>
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| 251 | </varlistentry>
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| 252 |
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| 253 | <varlistentry id="nameif">
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| 254 | <term><command>nameif</command></term>
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| 255 | <listitem>
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| 256 | <para>names network interfaces based on MAC addresses.</para>
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| 257 | <indexterm zone="net-tools nameif">
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| 258 | <primary sortas="b-nameif">nameif</primary>
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| 259 | </indexterm>
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| 260 | </listitem>
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| 261 | </varlistentry>
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| 262 |
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| 263 | <varlistentry id="netstat">
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| 264 | <term><command>netstat</command></term>
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| 265 | <listitem>
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| 266 | <para>is used to report network connections, routing tables, and interface
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| 267 | statistics.</para>
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| 268 | <indexterm zone="net-tools netstat">
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| 269 | <primary sortas="b-netstat">netstat</primary>
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| 270 | </indexterm>
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| 271 | </listitem>
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| 272 | </varlistentry>
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| 273 |
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| 274 | <varlistentry id="nisdomainname">
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| 275 | <term><command>nisdomainname</command></term>
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| 276 | <listitem>
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| 277 | <para>does the same as <command>domainname</command>.</para>
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| 278 | <indexterm zone="net-tools nisdomainname">
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| 279 | <primary sortas="b-nisdomainname">nisdomainname</primary>
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| 280 | </indexterm>
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| 281 | </listitem>
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| 282 | </varlistentry>
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| 283 |
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| 284 | <varlistentry id="plipconfig">
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| 285 | <term><command>plipconfig</command></term>
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| 286 | <listitem>
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| 287 | <para>is used to fine tune the PLIP device parameters, to
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| 288 | improve its performance.</para>
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| 289 | <indexterm zone="net-tools plipconfig">
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| 290 | <primary sortas="b-plipconfig">plipconfig</primary>
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| 291 | </indexterm>
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| 292 | </listitem>
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| 293 | </varlistentry>
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| 294 |
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| 295 | <varlistentry id="rarp">
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| 296 | <term><command>rarp</command></term>
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| 297 | <listitem>
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| 298 | <para>is used to manipulate the kernel's RARP table.</para>
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| 299 | <indexterm zone="net-tools rarp">
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| 300 | <primary sortas="b-rarp">rarp</primary>
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| 301 | </indexterm>
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| 302 | </listitem>
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| 303 | </varlistentry>
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| 304 |
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| 305 | <varlistentry id="route">
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| 306 | <term><command>route</command></term>
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| 307 | <listitem>
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| 308 | <para>is used to manipulate the IP routing table.</para>
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| 309 | <indexterm zone="net-tools route">
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| 310 | <primary sortas="b-route">route</primary>
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| 311 | </indexterm>
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| 312 | </listitem>
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| 313 | </varlistentry>
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| 314 |
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| 315 | <varlistentry id="slattach">
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| 316 | <term><command>slattach</command></term>
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| 317 | <listitem>
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| 318 | <para>attaches a network interface to a serial line. This allows you to use
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| 319 | normal terminal lines for point-to-point links to other computers.</para>
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| 320 | <indexterm zone="net-tools slattach">
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| 321 | <primary sortas="b-slattach">slattach</primary>
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| 322 | </indexterm>
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| 323 | </listitem>
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| 324 | </varlistentry>
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| 325 |
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| 326 | <varlistentry id="ypdomainname">
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| 327 | <term><command>ypdomainname</command></term>
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| 328 | <listitem>
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| 329 | <para>does the same as <command>domainname</command>.</para>
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| 330 | <indexterm zone="net-tools ypdomainname">
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| 331 | <primary sortas="b-ypdomainname">ypdomainname</primary>
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| 332 | </indexterm>
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| 333 | </listitem>
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| 334 | </varlistentry>
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| 335 |
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| 336 | </variablelist>
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| 337 |
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| 339 |
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| 340 | </sect1>
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