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| 6 | ]> | 
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| 7 |  | 
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-system-iproute2" role="wrap"> | 
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="iproute2.html"?> | 
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| 10 |  | 
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| 11 | <title>IPRoute2-&iproute2-version;</title> | 
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| 12 |  | 
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| 13 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2"> | 
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| 14 | <primary sortas="a-IPRoute2">IPRoute2</primary> | 
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| 15 | </indexterm> | 
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| 16 |  | 
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| 17 | <sect2 role="package"> | 
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| 18 | <title/> | 
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| 19 |  | 
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| 20 | <para>The IPRoute2 package contains programs for basic and advanced | 
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| 21 | IPV4-based networking.</para> | 
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| 22 |  | 
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| 23 | </sect2> | 
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| 24 |  | 
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| 25 | <sect2 role="installation"> | 
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| 26 | <title>Installation of IPRoute2</title> | 
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| 27 |  | 
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| 28 | <para os="s1">By default, this package builds the <command>arpd</command> | 
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| 29 | program, which is dependent on Berkeley DB.  Because <command>arpd</command> | 
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| 30 | is not a very common requirement on a base Linux system, remove the | 
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| 31 | dependency on Berkeley DB by using the commands | 
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| 32 | below. If the <command>arpd</command> binary is needed, instructions for | 
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| 33 | compiling Berkeley DB can be found in CBLFS at <ulink | 
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| 34 | url="&cblfs-root;index.php/Berkeley_DB"/>.</para> | 
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| 35 |  | 
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| 36 | <screen os="s2"><userinput>sed -i '/^TARGETS/s@arpd@@g' misc/Makefile | 
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| 37 | sed -i '/ARPD/d' Makefile | 
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| 38 | rm man/man8/arpd.8</userinput></screen> | 
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| 39 |  | 
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| 40 | <para os="a">Compile the package:</para> | 
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| 41 |  | 
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| 42 | <screen os="b"><userinput>make DESTDIR= DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/iproute2 \ | 
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| 43 | MANDIR=/usr/share/man</userinput></screen> | 
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| 44 |  | 
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| 45 | <variablelist os="c"> | 
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| 46 | <title>The meaning of the make option:</title> | 
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| 47 |  | 
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| 48 | <varlistentry> | 
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| 49 | <term><parameter>DESTDIR=</parameter></term> | 
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| 50 | <listitem> | 
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| 51 | <para>This option overrides the default DESTDIR of /usr, so that | 
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| 52 | that the IPRoute2 binaries will be installed into | 
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| 53 | <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>. This is the correct | 
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| 54 | location according to the FHS, because some of the IPRoute2 binaries | 
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| 55 | are used by the CLFS-Bootscripts package.</para> | 
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| 56 | </listitem> | 
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| 57 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 58 |  | 
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| 59 | <varlistentry> | 
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| 60 | <term><parameter>DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/iproute2 MANDIR=/usr/share/man</parameter></term> | 
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| 61 | <listitem> | 
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| 62 | <para>The DESTDIR=/ parameter would cause documentation to be | 
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| 63 | installed into <filename class="directory">/share/doc</filename> and | 
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| 64 | <filename class="directory">/share/man</filename>. These options | 
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| 65 | ensure the docs are installed to the correct locations.</para> | 
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| 66 | </listitem> | 
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| 67 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 68 | </variablelist> | 
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| 69 |  | 
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| 70 | <para os="d">This package does not come with a test suite.</para> | 
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| 71 |  | 
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| 72 | <para os="e">Install the package:</para> | 
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| 73 |  | 
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| 74 | <screen os="f"><userinput>make DESTDIR= DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/iproute2 \ | 
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| 75 | MANDIR=/usr/share/man install</userinput></screen> | 
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| 76 |  | 
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| 77 | </sect2> | 
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| 78 |  | 
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| 79 | <sect2 id="contents-iproute2" role="content"> | 
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| 80 | <title>Contents of IPRoute2</title> | 
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| 81 |  | 
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| 82 | <segmentedlist> | 
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| 83 | <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle> | 
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| 84 | <segtitle>Installed directories</segtitle> | 
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| 85 |  | 
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| 86 | <seglistitem> | 
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| 87 | <seg>ctstat (link to lnstat), genl, ifcfg, ifstat, ip, lnstat, nstat, | 
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| 88 | routef, routel, rtacct, rtmon, rtpr, rtstat (link to lnstat), ss, | 
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| 89 | and tc</seg> | 
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| 90 | <seg>/etc/iproute2, /lib/tc, /usr/lib/tc, /usr/share/doc/iproute2</seg> | 
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| 91 | </seglistitem> | 
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| 92 | </segmentedlist> | 
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| 93 |  | 
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| 94 | <variablelist> | 
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| 95 | <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead> | 
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| 96 | <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?> | 
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| 97 | <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?> | 
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| 98 |  | 
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| 99 | <varlistentry id="ctstat"> | 
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| 100 | <term><command>ctstat</command></term> | 
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| 101 | <listitem> | 
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| 102 | <para>Connection status utility</para> | 
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| 103 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ctstat"> | 
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| 104 | <primary sortas="b-ctstat">ctstat</primary> | 
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| 105 | </indexterm> | 
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| 106 | </listitem> | 
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| 107 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 108 |  | 
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| 109 | <varlistentry id="genl"> | 
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| 110 | <term><command>genl</command></term> | 
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| 111 | <listitem> | 
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| 112 | <para>Needs description</para> | 
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| 113 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 genl"> | 
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| 114 | <primary sortas="b-genl">genl</primary> | 
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| 115 | </indexterm> | 
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| 116 | </listitem> | 
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| 117 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 118 |  | 
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| 119 | <varlistentry id="ifcfg"> | 
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| 120 | <term><command>ifcfg</command></term> | 
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| 121 | <listitem> | 
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| 122 | <para>A shell script wrapper for the <command>ip</command> | 
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| 123 | command</para> | 
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| 124 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifcfg"> | 
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| 125 | <primary sortas="b-ifcfg">ifcfg</primary> | 
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| 126 | </indexterm> | 
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| 127 | </listitem> | 
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| 128 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 129 |  | 
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| 130 | <varlistentry id="ifstat"> | 
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| 131 | <term><command>ifstat</command></term> | 
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| 132 | <listitem> | 
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| 133 | <para>Shows the interface statistics, including the amount of | 
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| 134 | transmitted and received packets by interface</para> | 
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| 135 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifstat"> | 
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| 136 | <primary sortas="b-ifstat">ifstat</primary> | 
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| 137 | </indexterm> | 
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| 138 | </listitem> | 
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| 139 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 140 |  | 
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| 141 | <varlistentry id="ip"> | 
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| 142 | <term><command>ip</command></term> | 
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| 143 | <listitem> | 
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| 144 | <para>The main executable. It has several different functions:</para> | 
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| 145 |  | 
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| 146 | <para><command>ip link <replaceable>[device]</replaceable></command> | 
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| 147 | allows users to look at the state of devices and to make changes</para> | 
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| 148 |  | 
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| 149 | <para><command>ip addr</command> allows users to look at addresses and | 
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| 150 | their properties, add new addresses, and delete old ones</para> | 
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| 151 |  | 
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| 152 | <para><command>ip neighbor</command> allows users to look at neighbor | 
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| 153 | bindings and their properties, add new neighbor entries, and delete | 
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| 154 | old ones</para> | 
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| 155 |  | 
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| 156 | <para><command>ip rule</command> allows users to look at the routing | 
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| 157 | policies and change them</para> | 
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| 158 |  | 
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| 159 | <para><command>ip route</command> allows users to look at the routing | 
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| 160 | table and change routing table rules</para> | 
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| 161 |  | 
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| 162 | <para><command>ip tunnel</command> allows users to look at the IP | 
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| 163 | tunnels and their properties, and change them</para> | 
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| 164 |  | 
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| 165 | <para><command>ip maddr</command> allows users to look at the multicast | 
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| 166 | addresses and their properties, and change them</para> | 
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| 167 |  | 
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| 168 | <para><command>ip mroute</command> allows users to set, change, or | 
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| 169 | delete the multicast routing</para> | 
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| 170 |  | 
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| 171 | <para><command>ip monitor</command> allows users to continously monitor | 
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| 172 | the state of devices, addresses and routes</para> | 
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| 173 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ip"> | 
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| 174 | <primary sortas="b-ip">ip</primary> | 
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| 175 | </indexterm> | 
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| 176 | </listitem> | 
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| 177 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 178 |  | 
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| 179 | <varlistentry id="lnstat"> | 
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| 180 | <term><command>lnstat</command></term> | 
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| 181 | <listitem> | 
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| 182 | <para>Provides Linux network statistics. It is a generalized and more | 
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| 183 | feature-complete replacement for the old <command>rtstat</command> | 
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| 184 | program</para> | 
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| 185 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 lnstat"> | 
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| 186 | <primary sortas="b-lnstat">lnstat</primary> | 
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| 187 | </indexterm> | 
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| 188 | </listitem> | 
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| 189 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 190 |  | 
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| 191 | <varlistentry id="nstat"> | 
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| 192 | <term><command>nstat</command></term> | 
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| 193 | <listitem> | 
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| 194 | <para>Shows network statistics</para> | 
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| 195 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 nstat"> | 
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| 196 | <primary sortas="b-nstat">nstat</primary> | 
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| 197 | </indexterm> | 
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| 198 | </listitem> | 
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| 199 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 200 |  | 
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| 201 | <varlistentry id="routef"> | 
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| 202 | <term><command>routef</command></term> | 
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| 203 | <listitem> | 
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| 204 | <para>A component of <command>ip route</command>. This is for flushing | 
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| 205 | the routing tables</para> | 
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| 206 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routef"> | 
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| 207 | <primary sortas="b-routef">routef</primary> | 
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| 208 | </indexterm> | 
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| 209 | </listitem> | 
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| 210 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 211 |  | 
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| 212 | <varlistentry id="routel"> | 
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| 213 | <term><command>routel</command></term> | 
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| 214 | <listitem> | 
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| 215 | <para>A component of <command>ip route</command>. This is for listing | 
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| 216 | the routing tables</para> | 
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| 217 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routel"> | 
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| 218 | <primary sortas="b-routel">routel</primary> | 
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| 219 | </indexterm> | 
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| 220 | </listitem> | 
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| 221 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 222 |  | 
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| 223 | <varlistentry id="rtacct"> | 
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| 224 | <term><command>rtacct</command></term> | 
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| 225 | <listitem> | 
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| 226 | <para>Displays the contents of | 
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| 227 | <filename>/proc/net/rt_acct</filename></para> | 
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| 228 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtacct"> | 
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| 229 | <primary sortas="b-rtacct">rtacct</primary> | 
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| 230 | </indexterm> | 
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| 231 | </listitem> | 
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| 232 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 233 |  | 
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| 234 | <varlistentry id="rtmon"> | 
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| 235 | <term><command>rtmon</command></term> | 
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| 236 | <listitem> | 
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| 237 | <para>Route monitoring utility</para> | 
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| 238 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtmon"> | 
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| 239 | <primary sortas="b-rtmon">rtmon</primary> | 
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| 240 | </indexterm> | 
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| 241 | </listitem> | 
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| 242 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 243 |  | 
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| 244 | <varlistentry id="rtpr"> | 
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| 245 | <term><command>rtpr</command></term> | 
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| 246 | <listitem> | 
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| 247 | <para>Converts the output of <command>ip -o</command> back into a | 
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| 248 | readable form</para> | 
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| 249 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtpr"> | 
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| 250 | <primary sortas="b-rtpr">rtpr</primary> | 
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| 251 | </indexterm> | 
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| 252 | </listitem> | 
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| 253 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 254 |  | 
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| 255 | <varlistentry id="rtstat"> | 
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| 256 | <term><command>rtstat</command></term> | 
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| 257 | <listitem> | 
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| 258 | <para>Route status utility</para> | 
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| 259 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtstat"> | 
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| 260 | <primary sortas="b-rtstat">rtstat</primary> | 
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| 261 | </indexterm> | 
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| 262 | </listitem> | 
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| 263 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 264 |  | 
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| 265 | <varlistentry id="ss"> | 
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| 266 | <term><command>ss</command></term> | 
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| 267 | <listitem> | 
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| 268 | <para>Similar to the <command>netstat</command> command; shows | 
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| 269 | active connections</para> | 
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| 270 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss"> | 
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| 271 | <primary sortas="b-ss">ss</primary> | 
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| 272 | </indexterm> | 
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| 273 | </listitem> | 
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| 274 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 275 |  | 
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| 276 | <varlistentry id="tc"> | 
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| 277 | <term><command>tc</command></term> | 
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| 278 | <listitem> | 
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| 279 | <para>Traffic Controlling Executable; this is for Quality Of Service | 
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| 280 | (QOS) and Class Of Service (COS) implementations</para> | 
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| 281 |  | 
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| 282 | <para><command>tc qdisc</command> allows users to setup the queueing | 
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| 283 | discipline</para> | 
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| 284 |  | 
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| 285 | <para><command>tc class</command> allows users to setup classes based on | 
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| 286 | the queuing discipline scheduling</para> | 
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| 287 |  | 
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| 288 | <para><command>tc estimator</command> allows users to estimate the | 
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| 289 | network flow into a network</para> | 
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| 290 |  | 
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| 291 | <para><command>tc filter</command> allows users to setup the QOS/COS | 
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| 292 | packet filtering</para> | 
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| 293 |  | 
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| 294 | <para><command>tc policy</command> allows users to setup the QOS/COS | 
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| 295 | policies</para> | 
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| 296 | <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss"> | 
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| 297 | <primary sortas="b-tc">tc</primary> | 
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| 298 | </indexterm> | 
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| 299 | </listitem> | 
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| 300 | </varlistentry> | 
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| 301 |  | 
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| 302 | </variablelist> | 
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| 303 |  | 
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| 304 | </sect2> | 
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| 305 |  | 
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| 306 | </sect1> | 
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