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| 2 | <!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
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| 3 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
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| 4 | %general-entities;
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| 5 | ]>
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| 6 | <sect1 id="ch-system-iproute2" role="wrap">
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| 7 | <title>Iproute2-&iproute2-version;</title>
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| 8 | <?dbhtml filename="iproute2.html"?>
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| 9 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2">
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| 10 | <primary sortas="a-iproute2">Iproute2</primary>
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| 11 | </indexterm>
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| 12 | <sect2 role="package">
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| 13 | <title/>
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| 14 | <para>The Iproute2 package contains programs for basic and advanced
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| 15 | IPV4-based networking.
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| 16 | </para>
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| 17 | <segmentedlist>
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| 18 | <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
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| 19 | <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
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| 20 | <seglistitem>
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| 21 | <seg>0.1 SBU</seg>
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| 22 | <seg>.6 MB</seg>
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| 23 | </seglistitem>
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| 24 | </segmentedlist>
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| 25 | <segmentedlist>
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| 26 | <segtitle>Iproute2 installation depends on</segtitle>
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| 27 | <seglistitem>
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| 28 | <seg>GCC, Glibc, Make, Linux-Headers, and Sed</seg>
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| 29 | </seglistitem>
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| 30 | </segmentedlist>
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| 31 | </sect2>
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| 32 | <sect2 role="installation">
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| 33 | <title>Installation of Iproute2</title>
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| 34 | <para>The <command>arpd</command> binary included in this package is
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| 35 | dependent on Berkeley DB. Because <command>arpd</command> is not a very
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| 36 | common requirement on a base Linux system, remove the dependency on
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| 37 | Berkeley DB by applying the patch using the command below. If
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| 38 | the <command>arpd</command> binary is needed, instructions for
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| 39 | compiling Berkeley DB can be found in the BLFS Book at <ulink
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| 40 | url="&blfs-root;view/svn/content/databases.html#db"/>.
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| 41 | </para>
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| 42 |
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| 43 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../iproute2-&iproute2-patch-version;-remove_db-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 44 |
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| 45 | <para>The patch below fixes the issue with the newer versions of findutils,
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| 46 | the issue will give an error message it options are not in the proper order.
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| 47 | This patch corrects this issue for IPRoute2.</para>
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| 48 |
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| 49 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../iproute2-&iproute2-patch-version;-find_update-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 50 |
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| 51 | <para>This patch fixes a glibc error that could occur during compiling
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| 52 | of iproute2.</para>
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| 53 |
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| 54 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../iproute2-&iproute2-patch-version;-free_error-2.patch</userinput></screen>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <para>Prepare Iproute2 for compilation:</para>
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| 57 | <screen><userinput>./configure </userinput></screen>
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| 58 |
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| 59 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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| 60 |
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| 61 | <screen><userinput>make SBINDIR=/sbin</userinput></screen>
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| 62 |
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| 63 | <para>The meaning of the make option:</para>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <variablelist>
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| 66 | <varlistentry>
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| 67 | <term><parameter>SBINDIR=/sbin</parameter></term>
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| 68 | <listitem><para>This makes sure that the Iproute2 binaries will install into
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| 69 | <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>. This is the correct
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| 70 | location according to the FHS, because some of the Iproute2 binaries are used
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| 71 | in the bootscripts.</para>
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| 72 | </listitem>
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| 73 | </varlistentry>
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| 74 | </variablelist>
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| 75 |
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| 76 | <para>Install the package:</para>
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| 77 |
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| 78 | <screen><userinput>make SBINDIR=/sbin install</userinput></screen>
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| 79 | <beginpage/>
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| 80 | </sect2>
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| 81 |
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| 82 | <sect2 id="contents-iproute2" role="content">
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| 83 | <title>Contents of Iproute2</title>
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| 84 | <segmentedlist>
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| 85 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
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| 86 | <seglistitem>
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| 87 | <seg>ifstat, ip, nstat, routef, routel, rtmon, rtstat, ss, and tc.</seg>
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| 88 | </seglistitem>
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| 89 | </segmentedlist>
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| 90 |
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| 91 | <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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| 92 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
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| 93 |
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| 94 | <varlistentry id="ifstat">
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| 95 | <term>
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| 96 | <command>ifstat</command>
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| 97 | </term>
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| 98 | <listitem>
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| 99 | <para>Shows the interfaces statistic, including the amount of transmitted
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| 100 | and received packages by interface.</para>
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| 101 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifstat">
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| 102 | <primary sortas="b-ifstat">ifstat</primary>
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| 103 | </indexterm>
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| 104 | </listitem>
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| 105 | </varlistentry>
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| 106 |
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| 107 | <varlistentry id="ip">
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| 108 | <term>
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| 109 | <command>ip</command>
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| 110 | </term>
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| 111 | <listitem>
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| 112 |
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| 113 | <para>The main executable. It has several different functions:</para>
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| 114 |
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| 115 | <para><command>ip link <replaceable>[device]</replaceable></command>
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| 116 | allows users to look at the state of devices and to make changes.
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| 117 | </para>
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| 118 |
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| 119 | <para><command>ip addr</command> allows users to look at addresses and
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| 120 | their properties, add new addresses, and delete old ones.
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| 121 | </para>
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| 122 |
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| 123 | <para><command>ip neighbor</command> allows users to look at
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| 124 | neighbor bindings and their properties, add new
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| 125 | neighbor entries, and delete old ones.
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| 126 | </para>
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| 127 |
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| 128 | <para><command>ip rule</command> allows users to look at the routing
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| 129 | policies and change them.
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| 130 | </para>
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| 131 |
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| 132 | <para><command>ip route</command> allows users to look at the routing
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| 133 | table and change routing table rules.
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| 134 | </para>
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| 135 |
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| 136 | <para><command>ip tunnel</command> allows users to look at the IP
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| 137 | tunnels and their properties, and change them.
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| 138 | </para>
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| 139 |
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| 140 | <para><command>ip maddr</command> allows users to look at the multicast
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| 141 | addresses and their properties, and change them.
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| 142 | </para>
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| 143 |
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| 144 | <para><command>ip mroute</command> allows users to set, change, or
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| 145 | delete the multicast routing.
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| 146 | </para>
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| 147 |
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| 148 | <para><command>ip monitor</command> allows users to
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| 149 | continously monitor the state of devices, addresses and routes.
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| 150 | </para>
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| 151 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ip">
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| 152 | <primary sortas="b-ip">ip</primary>
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| 153 | </indexterm>
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| 154 | </listitem>
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| 155 | </varlistentry>
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| 156 |
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| 157 | <varlistentry id="nstat">
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| 158 | <term>
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| 159 | <command>nstat</command>
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| 160 | </term>
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| 161 | <listitem>
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| 162 | <para>Shows network statistics.</para>
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| 163 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 nstat">
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| 164 | <primary sortas="b-nstat">nstat</primary>
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| 165 | </indexterm>
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| 166 | </listitem>
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| 167 | </varlistentry>
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| 168 |
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| 169 | <varlistentry id="routef">
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| 170 | <term>
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| 171 | <command>routef</command>
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| 172 | </term>
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| 173 | <listitem>
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| 174 | <para>A component of <command>ip route</command>. This is for flushing the routing
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| 175 | tables.
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| 176 | </para>
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| 177 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routef">
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| 178 | <primary sortas="b-routef">routef</primary>
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| 179 | </indexterm>
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| 180 | </listitem>
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| 181 | </varlistentry>
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| 182 |
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| 183 | <varlistentry id="routel">
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| 184 | <term>
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| 185 | <command>routel</command>
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| 186 | </term>
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| 187 | <listitem>
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| 188 | <para>A component of <command>ip route</command>. This is for listing the routing
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| 189 | tables.
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| 190 | </para>
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| 191 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routel">
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| 192 | <primary sortas="b-routel">routel</primary>
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| 193 | </indexterm>
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| 194 | </listitem>
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| 195 | </varlistentry>
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| 196 |
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| 197 | <varlistentry id="rtmon">
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| 198 | <term>
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| 199 | <command>rtmon</command>
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| 200 | </term>
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| 201 | <listitem>
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| 202 | <para>Route monitoring utility.</para>
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| 203 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtmon">
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| 204 | <primary sortas="b-rtmon">rtmon</primary>
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| 205 | </indexterm>
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| 206 | </listitem>
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| 207 | </varlistentry>
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| 208 |
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| 209 | <varlistentry id="rtstat">
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| 210 | <term>
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| 211 | <command>rtstat</command>
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| 212 | </term>
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| 213 | <listitem>
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| 214 | <para>Route status utility</para>
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| 215 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtstat">
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| 216 | <primary sortas="b-rtstat">rtstat</primary>
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| 217 | </indexterm>
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| 218 | </listitem>
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| 219 | </varlistentry>
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| 220 |
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| 221 | <varlistentry id="ss">
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| 222 | <term>
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| 223 | <command>ss</command>
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| 224 | </term>
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| 225 | <listitem>
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| 226 | <para>Similar to the <command>netstat</command> command; shows active connections</para>
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| 227 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss">
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| 228 | <primary sortas="b-ss">ss</primary>
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| 229 | </indexterm>
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| 230 | </listitem>
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| 231 | </varlistentry>
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| 232 |
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| 233 | <varlistentry id="tc">
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| 234 | <term>
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| 235 | <command>tc</command>
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| 236 | </term>
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| 237 | <listitem>
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| 238 | <para>Traffic Controlling Executable; this is for Quality Of
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| 239 | Service (QOS) and Class Of Service (COS)
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| 240 | implementations
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| 241 | </para>
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| 242 |
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| 243 | <para><command>tc qdisc</command> allows users to setup the queueing
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| 244 | discipline
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| 245 | </para>
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| 246 |
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| 247 | <para><command>tc class</command> allows users to setup classes based on
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| 248 | the queuing discipline scheduling
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| 249 | </para>
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| 250 |
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| 251 | <para><command>tc estimator</command> allows users to estimate the
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| 252 | network flow into a network
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| 253 | </para>
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| 254 |
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| 255 | <para><command>tc filter</command> allows users to setup the QOS/COS
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| 256 | packet filtering
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| 257 | </para>
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| 258 |
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| 259 | <para><command>tc policy</command> allows users to setup the QOS/COS
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| 260 | policies
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| 261 | </para>
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| 262 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss">
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| 263 | <primary sortas="b-tc">tc</primary>
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| 264 | </indexterm>
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| 265 | </listitem>
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| 266 | </varlistentry>
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| 267 | </variablelist>
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| 268 | </sect2>
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| 269 | </sect1>
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| 270 |
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