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[e69a59f]1<sect2><title>Contents of Net-tools-&net-tools-contversion;</title>
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[bdc08c1]3<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
[3630401]4
[bdc08c1]5<para>arp, dnsdomainname (link to hostname), domainname (link to
6hostname), hostname, ifconfig, nameif, netstat, nisdomainname (link to
7hostname), plipconfig, rarp, route, slattach and ypdomainname (link to
8hostname)</para></sect3>
[3630401]9
[bdc08c1]10<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
[3630401]11
[bdc08c1]12<sect4><title>arp</title>
[b822811]13<para>arp is used to manipulate the kernel's ARP cache, usually to add
[bdc08c1]14or delete an entry, or to dump the ARP cache.</para></sect4>
15
16<sect4><title>dnsdomainname</title>
17<para>dnsdomainname shows the system's DNS domain name.</para></sect4>
[3630401]18
[bdc08c1]19<sect4><title>domainname</title>
20<para>domainname shows or sets the system's NIS/YP domain
21name.</para></sect4>
[3630401]22
[bdc08c1]23<sect4><title>hostname</title>
24<para>hostname is used to set or show the system's
[335838c]25hostname.</para></sect4>
[bdc08c1]26
27<sect4><title>ifconfig</title>
[b822811]28<para>The ifconfig command is the general command used to configure network
[bdc08c1]29interfaces.</para></sect4>
30
31<sect4><title>nameif</title>
32<para>nameif names network interfaces based on MAC
[335838c]33addresses.</para></sect4>
[3630401]34
[bdc08c1]35<sect4><title>netstat</title>
[b822811]36<para>netstat is a multi-purpose tool used to print the network connections,
37routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections, and multicast
[bdc08c1]38memberships.</para></sect4>
[3630401]39
[bdc08c1]40<sect4><title>nisdomainname</title>
41<para>nisdomainname shows or sets system's NIS/YP domain
42name.</para></sect4>
43
44<sect4><title>plipconfig</title>
[b822811]45<para>plipconfig is used to fine-tune the PLIP device parameters, hopefully
[bdc08c1]46making it faster.</para></sect4>
[3630401]47
[bdc08c1]48<sect4><title>rarp</title>
[b822811]49<para>Akin to the arp program, the rarp program manipulates the system's
[bdc08c1]50RARP table.</para></sect4>
[3630401]51
[bdc08c1]52<sect4><title>route</title>
[b822811]53<para>route is the general utility which is used to manipulate the IP
[bdc08c1]54routing table.</para></sect4>
[3630401]55
[bdc08c1]56<sect4><title>slattach</title>
[b822811]57<para>slattach attaches a network interface to a serial line, i.e.. puts a
[bdc08c1]58normal terminal line into one of several "network" modes.</para></sect4>
59
60<sect4><title>ypdomainname</title>
[141b7323]61<para>ypdomainname shows or sets the system's NIS/YP domain
[bdc08c1]62name.</para></sect4>
63
64</sect3>
[3630401]65
66</sect2>
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