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README
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Information about the net-tools package
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NET-TOOLS A collection of programs that form the base set of the
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NET-3 networking distribution for the Linux operating
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system.
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This package includes the important tools for controlling the network
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subsystem of the Linux kernel. This includes arp, hostname, ifconfig,
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netstat, rarp and route. Additionally, this package contains
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utilities relating to particular network hardware types (plipconfig,
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slattach) and advanced aspects of IP configuration (iptunnel,
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ipmaddr).
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Please include the output of "program --version" when reporting bugs.
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Contents:
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README This file.
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README.ipv6 Notes for people hacking IPv6.
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INSTALLING Installation instructions.
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COPYING Your free copy of the GNU Public License.
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TODO Some things that need to be done.
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Notes
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This is net-tools 1.52. Notable changes since 1.51 include:
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- Jean-Michel Vansteene updated the French translation.
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- Dag Brattli contributed support for IrDA
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- some bugs have been fixed
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Notable changes since 1.50 include:
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- Tuan Hoang added support to netstat for printing multicast group
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information (option --groups)
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- Jan Kratochvil added support to netstat for displaying details of
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the process owning a socket (option --programs)
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- Steve Whitehouse contributed support for DECnet
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- some bugs and compilation problems have been fixed
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- Ralf Bächle provided a translation to German
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You need kernel 2.0 or later to use these programs. These programs
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should compile cleanly with both glibc (version 2.0 or 2.1) and libc5,
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though support for libc5 is not well tested.
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The NLS support was changed from catgets to GNU gettext by Arnaldo
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Carvalho de Melo in June, 1998, to make the
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source more readable. Translations to brazilian portuguese (pt_BR),
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German (de) and French (fr) are available and others are welcome!
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route/netstat -r do not yet support different address families
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cleanly. IPX/DDP/AX25 people, please feel free to add the code.
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ifconfig now supports changing media types for interfaces. This requires
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a version 2.2 kernel, and many devices do not support it yet.
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The tools now support the layout of the 2.2 kernel /proc files (Bernd
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Eckenfels).
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Some configuration options require kernel version 2.2 and/or
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particular versions of the C library. The defaults should be safe for
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all common environments but some of the more esoteric hardware and
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protocol families may be more touchy. Feel free to send patches if
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you have problems.
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Phil Blundell
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philb@gnu.org
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Bernd Eckenfels
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net-tools@lina.inka.de
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