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08/29/2004 06:36:34 PM (20 years ago)
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Gerard Beekmans <gerard@…>
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Second round of edits for final release

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    2424    </segmentedlist>
    2525    <segmentedlist>
    26       <segtitle>iproute2 installation depends on</segtitle>
     26      <segtitle>Iproute2 installation depends on</segtitle>
    2727      <seglistitem>
    28         <seg>sed, GCC, Glibc, Make, Linux-Headers</seg>
     28        <seg>GCC, Glibc, Make, Linux-Headers, and Sed</seg>
    2929      </seglistitem>
    3030    </segmentedlist>
    3131  </sect2>
    3232  <sect2 role="installation">
    33     <title>Installation of iproute2</title>
     33    <title>Installation of Iproute2</title>
    3434    <para>The <command>arpd</command> binary included in this package is
    35           dependent on Berkeley DB.  As <command>arpd</command> is not a very
    36           common requirement on a base Linux system we remove the dependency on
    37           Berkeley DB by applying the patch using the command below.  If you
    38           need the <command>arpd</command> binary, then instructions for
    39           compiling Berkeley DB can be found in the <ulink
    40           url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/cvs/content/databases.html#db">BLFS book</ulink>.
     35          dependent on Berkeley DB.  Because <command>arpd</command> is not a very
     36          common requirement on a base Linux system, remove the dependency on
     37          Berkeley DB by applying the patch using the command below.  If
     38          the <command>arpd</command> binary is needed, instructions for
     39          compiling Berkeley DB can be found in the BLFS Book at<ulink
     40          url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/cvs/content/databases.html#db"/>.
    4141    </para>
    4242
    … …  
    5757    <listitem><para>This makes sure that the iproute2 binaries will install into
    5858      <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>.  This is the correct
    59       location according to the FHS, as some of the iproute2 binaries are used
    60       in our bootscripts.</para>
     59      location according to the FHS, because some of the iproute2 binaries are used
     60      in the bootscripts.</para>
    6161    </listitem>
    6262    </varlistentry>
    … …  
    6969
    7070  <sect2 id="contents-iproute2" role="content">
    71     <title>Contents of iproute2</title>
     71    <title>Contents of Iproute2</title>
    7272    <segmentedlist>
    7373      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
    … …  
    8585        </term>
    8686        <listitem>
    87           <para>shows the interfaces statistic including the amount of transmitted
     87          <para>shows the interfaces statistic, including the amount of transmitted
    8888                and received packages by interface.</para>
    8989          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifstat">
    … …  
    9999        <listitem>
    100100
    101           <para>is the main executable. Has several different functions.</para>
     101          <para>The main executable. It has several different functions:</para>
    102102
    103103          <para><command>ip link <replaceable>[device]</replaceable></command>
    104                 allows you to look at the state of devices and to change it.
    105           </para>
    106 
    107           <para><command>ip addr</command> allows you to look at addresses and
    108                 their properties, add new addresses and to delete old ones.
    109           </para>
    110 
    111           <para><command>ip neighbor</command> allows you to look at neighbour
    112                 bindings and their properties, add new neighbour entries and to
    113                 delete old ones.
    114           </para>
    115 
    116           <para><command>ip rule</command> allows you to look at the routing
     104                allows users to look at the state of devices and to make changes.
     105          </para>
     106
     107          <para><command>ip addr</command> allows users to look at addresses and
     108                their properties, add new addresses, and delete old ones.
     109          </para>
     110
     111          <para><command>ip neighbor</command> allows users to look at
     112                neighbor bindings and their properties, add new
     113                neighbor entries, and delete old ones.
     114          </para>
     115
     116          <para><command>ip rule</command> allows users to look at the routing
    117117                policies and change them.
    118118          </para>
    119119
    120           <para><command>ip route</command> allows you to look at the routing
     120          <para><command>ip route</command> allows users to look at the routing
    121121                table and change routing table rules.
    122122          </para>
    123123
    124           <para><command>ip tunnel</command> allows you to look at the ip
     124          <para><command>ip tunnel</command> allows user to look at the ip
    125125                tunnels and their properties, and change them.
    126126          </para>
    127127
    128           <para><command>ip maddr</command> allows you to look at the multicast
     128          <para><command>ip maddr</command> allows users to look at the multicast
    129129                addresses and their properties, and change them.
    130130          </para>
    131131
    132           <para><command>ip mroute</command> allows you to set, change, or
    133                 delete the mutlicast routing.
    134           </para>
    135 
    136           <para><command>ip monitor</command> allows you to monitor the state of
    137                 devices, addresses and routes continuously.
     132          <para><command>ip mroute</command> allows users to set, change, or
     133                delete the multicast routing.
     134          </para>
     135
     136          <para><command>ip monitor</command> allows users to
     137                continously monitor the state of devices, addresses and routes.
    138138          </para>
    139139          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ip">
    … …  
    224224        </term>
    225225        <listitem>
    226           <para>Traffic Controlling Executable. This is for QOS/COS
     226          <para>Traffic Controlling Executable. This is for Quality Of
     227Service (QOS) and Class Of Service (COS)
    227228                implementations.
    228229          </para>
    229230
    230           <para><command>tc qdisc</command> allows you to setup the queueing
     231          <para><command>tc qdisc</command> allows users to setup the queueing
    231232                discipline.
    232233          </para>
    233234
    234           <para><command>tc class</command> allows you to setup classes based on
     235          <para><command>tc class</command> allows users to setup classes based on
    235236                the queuing discipline scheduling.
    236237          </para>
    237238
    238           <para><command>tc estimator</command> allows you to estimate the
     239          <para><command>tc estimator</command> allows users to estimate the
    239240                network flow into a network.
    240241          </para>
    241242
    242           <para><command>tc filter</command> allows you to setup the QOS/COS
     243          <para><command>tc filter</command> allows users to setup the QOS/COS
    243244                packet filtering.
    244245          </para>
    245246
    246           <para><command>tc policy</command> allows you to setup the QOS/COS
     247          <para><command>tc policy</command> allows users to setup the QOS/COS
    247248                policies.
    248249          </para>
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