| 1 | <sect2><title>Contents of Net-tools</title>
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| 2 |
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| 3 | <para>Last checked against version &net-tools-contversion;.</para>
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| 5 | <sect3><title>Program Files</title>
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| 6 |
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| 7 | <para>arp, dnsdomainname (link to hostname), domainname (link to
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| 8 | hostname), hostname, ifconfig, nameif, netstat, nisdomainname (link to
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| 9 | hostname), plipconfig, rarp, route, slattach and ypdomainname (link to
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| 10 | hostname)</para></sect3>
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| 12 | <sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
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| 13 |
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| 14 | <sect4><title>arp</title>
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| 15 | <para>arp is used to manipulate the kernel's ARP cache, usually to add
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| 16 | or delete an entry, or to dump the ARP cache.</para></sect4>
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| 17 |
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| 18 | <sect4><title>dnsdomainname</title>
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| 19 | <para>dnsdomainname shows the system's DNS domain name.</para></sect4>
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| 20 |
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| 21 | <sect4><title>domainname</title>
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| 22 | <para>domainname shows or sets the system's NIS/YP domain
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| 23 | name.</para></sect4>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <sect4><title>hostname</title>
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| 26 | <para>hostname prints or sets the name of the current host
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| 27 | system.</para></sect4>
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| 28 |
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| 29 | <sect4><title>ifconfig</title>
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| 30 | <para>The ifconfig command is the general command used to configure network
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| 31 | interfaces.</para></sect4>
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| 32 |
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| 33 | <sect4><title>nameif</title>
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| 34 | <para>nameif names network interfaces based on MAC
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| 35 | addresses.</para></sect4>
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| 37 | <sect4><title>netstat</title>
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| 38 | <para>netstat is a multi-purpose tool used to print the network connections,
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| 39 | routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections and multicast
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| 40 | memberships.</para></sect4>
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| 41 |
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| 42 | <sect4><title>nisdomainname</title>
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| 43 | <para>nisdomainname shows or sets system's NIS/YP domain
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| 44 | name.</para></sect4>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <sect4><title>plipconfig</title>
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| 47 | <para>plipconfig is used to fine-tune the PLIP device parameters, hopefully
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| 48 | making it faster.</para></sect4>
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| 49 |
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| 50 | <sect4><title>rarp</title>
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| 51 | <para>Akin to the arp program, the rarp program manipulates the system's
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| 52 | RARP table.</para></sect4>
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| 53 |
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| 54 | <sect4><title>route</title>
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| 55 | <para>route is the general utility which is used to manipulate the IP
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| 56 | routing table.</para></sect4>
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| 57 |
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| 58 | <sect4><title>slattach</title>
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| 59 | <para>slattach attaches a network interface to a serial line, i.e.. puts a
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| 60 | normal terminal line into one of several "network" modes.</para></sect4>
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| 61 |
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| 62 | <sect4><title>ypdomainname</title>
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| 63 | <para>ypdomainname shows or sets the system's NIS/YP domain
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| 64 | name.</para></sect4>
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| 65 |
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| 66 | </sect3>
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| 67 |
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| 68 | </sect2>
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| 69 |
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