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[8fcc2c0]1<sect2><title>Contents of Net-tools</title>
2
3<para>Last checked against version &net-tools-contversion;.</para>
[3630401]4
[bdc08c1]5<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
[3630401]6
[bdc08c1]7<para>arp, dnsdomainname (link to hostname), domainname (link to
[1b32453]8hostname), hostname, ifconfig, nameif, netstat, nisdomainname (link to
[bdc08c1]9hostname), plipconfig, rarp, route, slattach and ypdomainname (link to
10hostname)</para></sect3>
[3630401]11
[bdc08c1]12<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
[3630401]13
[bdc08c1]14<sect4><title>arp</title>
[b822811]15<para>arp is used to manipulate the kernel's ARP cache, usually to add
[bdc08c1]16or delete an entry, or to dump the ARP cache.</para></sect4>
17
18<sect4><title>dnsdomainname</title>
19<para>dnsdomainname shows the system's DNS domain name.</para></sect4>
[3630401]20
[bdc08c1]21<sect4><title>domainname</title>
22<para>domainname shows or sets the system's NIS/YP domain
23name.</para></sect4>
[3630401]24
[4d46e012]25<sect4><title>hostname</title>
[1b32453]26<para>hostname prints or sets the name of the current host
27system.</para></sect4>
28
[bdc08c1]29<sect4><title>ifconfig</title>
[b822811]30<para>The ifconfig command is the general command used to configure network
[bdc08c1]31interfaces.</para></sect4>
32
33<sect4><title>nameif</title>
34<para>nameif names network interfaces based on MAC
[335838c]35addresses.</para></sect4>
[3630401]36
[bdc08c1]37<sect4><title>netstat</title>
[b822811]38<para>netstat is a multi-purpose tool used to print the network connections,
[2c094d6]39routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections and multicast
[bdc08c1]40memberships.</para></sect4>
[3630401]41
[bdc08c1]42<sect4><title>nisdomainname</title>
43<para>nisdomainname shows or sets system's NIS/YP domain
44name.</para></sect4>
45
46<sect4><title>plipconfig</title>
[b822811]47<para>plipconfig is used to fine-tune the PLIP device parameters, hopefully
[bdc08c1]48making it faster.</para></sect4>
[3630401]49
[bdc08c1]50<sect4><title>rarp</title>
[b822811]51<para>Akin to the arp program, the rarp program manipulates the system's
[bdc08c1]52RARP table.</para></sect4>
[3630401]53
[bdc08c1]54<sect4><title>route</title>
[b822811]55<para>route is the general utility which is used to manipulate the IP
[bdc08c1]56routing table.</para></sect4>
[3630401]57
[bdc08c1]58<sect4><title>slattach</title>
[b822811]59<para>slattach attaches a network interface to a serial line, i.e.. puts a
[bdc08c1]60normal terminal line into one of several "network" modes.</para></sect4>
61
62<sect4><title>ypdomainname</title>
[141b7323]63<para>ypdomainname shows or sets the system's NIS/YP domain
[bdc08c1]64name.</para></sect4>
65
66</sect3>
[3630401]67
68</sect2>
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