glfs/basicnet/netprogs/net-tools.xml

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<sect2>
<title>Introduction to <application>Net-tools</application></title>

<para>The <application>Net-tools</application> package is a collection
of programs for controlling the network subsystem of the Linux
kernel.</para>

<sect3><title>Package information</title>
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<listitem><para>Download (HTTP): <ulink url="&net-tools-download-http;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download (FTP): <ulink url="&net-tools-download-ftp;"/></para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Download size: &net-tools-size;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated Disk space required: &net-tools-buildsize;</para></listitem>
<listitem><para>Estimated build time: &net-tools-time;</para></listitem></itemizedlist>
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<sect2>
<title>Installation of <application>Net-tools</application></title>

<para>If you don't know what to answer to all the questions asked during
the <command>make config</command> phase below, then just accept the
defaults. This will be just fine in the majority of cases. What you're
asked here is a bunch of questions about which network protocols you've
enabled in your kernel. The default answers will enable the tools from
this package to work with the most common protocols:
<acronym>TCP</acronym>, <acronym>PPP</acronym>, and several others. You
still need to actually enable these protocols in the kernel&mdash;what you
do here is merely telling the package to include support for those
protocols in its programs, but it's up to the kernel to make the
protocols available.</para>

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<para>Install <application>Net-tools</application> by running the
following commands:</para>

<screen><userinput><command>yes "" | make config &amp;&amp;
make &amp;&amp;
make update</command></userinput></screen>

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<sect2>
<title>Command explanations</title>

<para><command>yes "" | make config</command>:
We skip all the questions and accept the defaults.
</para>

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<sect2>
<title>Contents</title>

<para>The <application>Net-tools</application> package contains
<command>arp</command>,
<command>dnsdomainname</command>,
<command>domainname</command>,
<command>hostname</command>,
<command>ifconfig</command>,
<command>nameif</command>,
<command>netstat</command>,
<command>nisdomainname</command>,
<command>plipconfig</command>,
<command>rarp</command>,
<command>route</command>,
<command>slattach</command> and
<command>ypdomainname</command>.</para>

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<sect2><title>Description</title>

<sect3><title>arp</title>
<para><command>arp</command>
is used to manipulate the kernel's <acronym>ARP</acronym> cache, usually
to add or delete an entry, or to dump the entire cache.
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>dnsdomainname</title>
<para><command>dnsdomainname</command>
reports the system's <acronym>DNS</acronym> domain name.
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>domainname</title>
<para><command>domainname</command>
reports or sets the system's
<acronym>NIS</acronym>/<acronym>YP</acronym> domain name.
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>hostname</title>
<para><command>hostname</command>
reports or sets the name of the current host system.
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>ifconfig</title>
<para><command>ifconfig</command>
is the main utility for configuring network interfaces.
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>nameif</title>
<para><command>nameif</command>
names network interfaces based on <acronym>MAC</acronym> addresses.
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>netstat</title>
<para><command>netstat</command>
is used to report network connections, routing tables, and interface
statistics.
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>nisdomainname</title>
<para><command>nisdomainname</command>
does the same as <command>domainname</command>.
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>plipconfig</title>
<para><command>plipconfig</command>
is used to fine tune the <acronym>PLIP</acronym> device parameters, to
improve its performance.
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>rarp</title>
<para><command>rarp</command>
is used to manipulate the kernel's <acronym>RARP</acronym> table.
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>route</title>
<para><command>route</command>
is used to manipulate the <acronym>IP</acronym> routing table.
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>slattach</title>
<para><command>slattach</command>
attaches a network interface to a serial line. This allows you to use
normal terminal lines for point-to-point links to other computers.
</para></sect3>

<sect3><title>ypdomainname</title>
<para><command>ypdomainname</command>
does the same as <command>domainname</command>.
</para></sect3>

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