[3630401] | 1 | <sect2>
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| 2 | <title>Contents</title>
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[b822811] | 4 | <para>The Net-tools package contains the arp, hostname, ifconfig, netstat,
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| 5 | plipconfig rarp, route, and slattach programs.</para>
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[3630401] | 6 |
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| 7 | </sect2>
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| 8 |
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| 9 | <sect2>
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| 10 | <title>Description</title>
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| 11 |
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[53ad30a] | 12 | <sect3><title>arp</title>
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[b822811] | 13 | <para>arp is used to manipulate the kernel's ARP cache, usually to add
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[53ad30a] | 14 | or delete an entry, or to dump the ARP cache.</para></sect3>
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[3630401] | 15 |
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[53ad30a] | 16 | <sect3><title>hostname</title>
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[b822811] | 17 | <para>hostname, with its symlinks domainname, dnsdomainname, nisdomainname,
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[3630401] | 18 | ypdomainname, and nodename, is used to set or show the system's hostname (or
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[53ad30a] | 19 | other, depending on the symlink used).</para></sect3>
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[3630401] | 20 |
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[53ad30a] | 21 | <sect3><title>ifconfig</title>
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[b822811] | 22 | <para>The ifconfig command is the general command used to configure network
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[53ad30a] | 23 | interfaces.</para></sect3>
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[3630401] | 24 |
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[53ad30a] | 25 | <sect3><title>netstat</title>
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[b822811] | 26 | <para>netstat is a multi-purpose tool used to print the network connections,
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| 27 | routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections, and multicast
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[53ad30a] | 28 | memberships.</para></sect3>
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[3630401] | 29 |
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[53ad30a] | 30 | <sect3><title>plipconfig</title>
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[b822811] | 31 | <para>plipconfig is used to fine-tune the PLIP device parameters, hopefully
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[53ad30a] | 32 | making it faster.</para></sect3>
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[3630401] | 33 |
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[53ad30a] | 34 | <sect3><title>rarp</title>
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[b822811] | 35 | <para>Akin to the arp program, the rarp program manipulates the system's
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[53ad30a] | 36 | RARP table.</para></sect3>
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[3630401] | 37 |
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[53ad30a] | 38 | <sect3><title>route</title>
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[b822811] | 39 | <para>route is the general utility which is used to manipulate the IP
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[53ad30a] | 40 | routing table.</para></sect3>
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[3630401] | 41 |
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[53ad30a] | 42 | <sect3><title>slattach</title>
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[b822811] | 43 | <para>slattach attaches a network interface to a serial line, i.e.. puts a
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[53ad30a] | 44 | normal terminal line into one of several "network" modes.</para></sect3>
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[3630401] | 45 |
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| 46 | </sect2>
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| 47 |
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