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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-net-tools" xreflabel="Net-tools">
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7 | <title>Net-tools-&net-tools-version;</title>
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8 | <?dbhtml filename="net-tools.html"?>
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9 |
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10 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools"><primary sortas="a-Net-tools">Net-tools</primary></indexterm>
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11 |
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12 | <para>The Net-tools package contains programs for basic networking.</para>
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13 |
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14 | <screen>&buildtime; 0.1 SBU
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15 | &diskspace; 9.4 MB</screen>
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16 |
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17 | <para>Net-tools installation depends on: Bash, Binutils, Coreutils, GCC,
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18 | Glibc, Make.</para>
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19 |
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20 |
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21 |
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22 | <sect2>
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23 | <title>Installation of Net-tools</title>
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24 |
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25 | <para>If you don't know what to answer to all the questions asked during the
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26 | <command>make config</command> phase below, then just accept the defaults.
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27 | This will be just fine in the majority of cases. What you're asked here is a
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28 | bunch of questions about which network protocols you've enabled in your
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29 | kernel. The default answers will enable the tools from this package to work
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30 | with the most common protocols: TCP, PPP, and several others. You still need
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31 | to actually enable these protocols in the kernel -- what you do here is merely
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32 | telling the package to include support for those protocols in its programs,
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33 | but it's up to the kernel to make the protocols available.</para>
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34 |
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35 | <para>First fix a small syntax problem in the sources of the
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36 | <command>mii-tool</command> program:</para>
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37 |
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38 | <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../net-tools-&net-tools-version;-miitool-gcc33-1.patch</userinput></screen>
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39 |
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40 | <para>Now prepare Net-tools for compilation (if you intend to accept the
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41 | defaults, you can skip all the questions by running <userinput>yes "" |
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42 | make config</userinput> instead):</para>
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43 |
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44 | <screen><userinput>make config</userinput></screen>
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45 |
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46 | <para>Compile the package:</para>
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47 |
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48 | <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
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49 |
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50 | <para>Now install it:</para>
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51 |
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52 | <screen><userinput>make update</userinput></screen>
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53 |
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54 | </sect2>
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55 |
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56 |
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57 | <sect2 id="contents-net"><title>Contents of Net-tools</title>
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58 |
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59 | <para><emphasis>Installed programs</emphasis>: arp, dnsdomainname (link to
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60 | hostname), domainname (link to hostname), hostname, ifconfig, nameif, netstat,
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61 | nisdomainname (link to hostname), plipconfig, rarp, route, slattach and
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62 | ypdomainname (link to hostname)</para>
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63 |
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64 | </sect2>
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65 |
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66 |
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67 | <sect2><title>Short descriptions</title>
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68 |
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69 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools arp"><primary sortas="b-arp">arp</primary></indexterm>
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70 | <para id="arp"><command>arp</command> is used to manipulate the kernel's ARP cache,
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71 | usually to add or delete an entry, or to dump the entire cache.</para>
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72 |
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73 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools dnsdomainname"><primary sortas="b-dnsdomainname">dnsdomainname</primary></indexterm>
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74 | <para id="dnsdomainname"><command>dnsdomainname</command> reports the system's DNS (Domain Name Server) domain
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75 | name.</para>
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76 |
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77 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools domainname"><primary sortas="b-domainname">domainname</primary></indexterm>
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78 | <para id="domainname"><command>domainname</command> reports or sets the system's NIS/YP
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79 | domain name.</para>
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80 |
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81 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools hostname"><primary sortas="b-hostname">hostname</primary></indexterm>
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82 | <para id="hostname"><command>hostname</command> reports or sets the name of the current
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83 | host system.</para>
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84 |
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85 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools ifconfig"><primary sortas="b-ifconfig">ifconfig</primary></indexterm>
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86 | <para id="ifconfig"><command>ifconfig</command> is the main utility for configuring
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87 | network interfaces.</para>
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88 |
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89 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools nameif"><primary sortas="b-nameif">nameif</primary></indexterm>
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90 | <para id="nameif"><command>nameif</command> names network interfaces based on MAC
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91 | addresses.</para>
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92 |
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93 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools netstat"><primary sortas="b-netstat">netstat</primary></indexterm>
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94 | <para id="netstat"><command>netstat</command> is used to report network connections,
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95 | routing tables, and interface statistics..</para>
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96 |
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97 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools nisdomainname"><primary sortas="b-nisdomainname">nisdomainname</primary></indexterm>
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98 | <para id="nisdomainname"><command>nisdomainname</command> does the same as domainname.</para>
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99 |
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100 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools plipconfig"><primary sortas="b-plipconfig">plipconfig</primary></indexterm>
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101 | <para id="plipconfig"><command>plipconfig</command> is used to fine tune the PLIP device
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102 | parameters, to improve its performance.</para>
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103 |
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104 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools rarp"><primary sortas="b-rarp">rarp</primary></indexterm>
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105 | <para id="rarp"><command>rarp</command> is used to manipulate the kernel's RARP
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106 | table.</para>
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107 |
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108 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools route"><primary sortas="b-route">route</primary></indexterm>
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109 | <para id="route"><command>route</command> is used to manipulate the IP routing
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110 | table.</para>
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111 |
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112 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools slattach"><primary sortas="b-slattach">slattach</primary></indexterm>
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113 | <para id="slattach"><command>slattach</command> attaches a network interface to a serial
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114 | line. This allows you to use normal terminal lines for point-to-point links to
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115 | other computers.</para>
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116 |
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117 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-net-tools ypdomainname"><primary sortas="b-ypdomainname">ypdomainname</primary></indexterm>
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118 | <para id="ypdomainname"><command>ypdomainname</command> does the same as domainname.</para>
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119 |
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120 | </sect2>
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121 |
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122 |
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123 |
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124 | </sect1>
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