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[3f8be484]1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd" [
4  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
5  %general-entities;
6]>
7
8<sect1 id="ch-system-iproute2" role="wrap">
9  <?dbhtml filename="iproute2.html"?>
10
11  <title>IPRoute2-&iproute2-version;</title>
12
13  <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2">
14    <primary sortas="a-IPRoute2">IPRoute2</primary>
15  </indexterm>
16
17  <sect2 role="package">
18    <title/>
19
20    <para>The IPRoute2 package contains programs for basic and advanced
[3373dd11]21    IPV4-based networking.</para>
[3f8be484]22
23  </sect2>
24
25  <sect2 role="installation">
26    <title>Installation of IPRoute2</title>
27
[e0e40d3]28    <para os="s1">The <command>arpd</command> binary included in this package is
[3f8be484]29    dependent on Berkeley DB.  Because <command>arpd</command> is not a
30    very common requirement on a base Linux system, remove the dependency
31    on Berkeley DB by applying the <command>sed</command> command below.
32    If the <command>arpd</command> binary is needed, instructions for
33    compiling Berkeley DB can be found in the BLFS Book at <ulink
34    url="&blfs-root;view/svn/server/databases.html#db"/>.</para>
35
[e0e40d3]36<screen os="s2"><userinput>sed -i '/^TARGETS/s@arpd@@g' misc/Makefile</userinput></screen>
[3f8be484]37
[8cd6d31]38    <para os="a">Compile the package:</para>
[3f8be484]39
[8cd6d31]40<screen os="b"><userinput>make SBINDIR=/sbin</userinput></screen>
[3f8be484]41
[8cd6d31]42    <variablelist os="c">
[3f8be484]43      <title>The meaning of the make option:</title>
44
45      <varlistentry>
46        <term><parameter>SBINDIR=/sbin</parameter></term>
47        <listitem>
48          <para>This ensures that the IPRoute2 binaries will install into
49          <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>. This is the correct
50          location according to the FHS, because some of the IPRoute2 binaries
[fb40919]51          are used by the CLFS-Bootscripts package.</para>
[3f8be484]52        </listitem>
53      </varlistentry>
54    </variablelist>
55
[8cd6d31]56    <para os="d">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
[3f8be484]57
[8cd6d31]58    <para os="e">Install the package:</para>
[d1631d1]59
[8cd6d31]60<screen os="f"><userinput>make SBINDIR=/sbin install</userinput></screen>
[3f8be484]61
62  </sect2>
63
64  <sect2 id="contents-iproute2" role="content">
65    <title>Contents of IPRoute2</title>
66
67    <segmentedlist>
68      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
69
70      <seglistitem>
71        <seg>ctstat (link to lnstat), ifcfg, ifstat, ip, lnstat, nstat,
72        routef, routel, rtacct, rtmon, rtpr, rtstat (link to lnstat), ss,
73        and tc</seg>
74      </seglistitem>
75    </segmentedlist>
76
77    <variablelist>
78      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
79      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
80      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
81
82      <varlistentry id="ctstat">
83        <term><command>ctstat</command></term>
84        <listitem>
85          <para>Connection status utility</para>
86          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ctstat">
[a68b59e]87            <primary sortas="b-ctstat">ctstat</primary>
[3f8be484]88          </indexterm>
89        </listitem>
90      </varlistentry>
91
92      <varlistentry id="ifcfg">
93        <term><command>ifcfg</command></term>
94        <listitem>
95          <para>A shell script wrapper for the <command>ip</command>
96          command</para>
97          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifcfg">
98            <primary sortas="b-ifcfg">ifcfg</primary>
99          </indexterm>
100        </listitem>
101      </varlistentry>
102
103      <varlistentry id="ifstat">
104        <term><command>ifstat</command></term>
105        <listitem>
106          <para>Shows the interface statistics, including the amount of
107          transmitted and received packets by interface</para>
108          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifstat">
109            <primary sortas="b-ifstat">ifstat</primary>
110          </indexterm>
111        </listitem>
112      </varlistentry>
113
114      <varlistentry id="ip">
115        <term><command>ip</command></term>
116        <listitem>
117          <para>The main executable. It has several different functions:</para>
118
119          <para><command>ip link <replaceable>[device]</replaceable></command>
120          allows users to look at the state of devices and to make changes</para>
121
122          <para><command>ip addr</command> allows users to look at addresses and
123          their properties, add new addresses, and delete old ones</para>
124
125          <para><command>ip neighbor</command> allows users to look at neighbor
126          bindings and their properties, add new neighbor entries, and delete
127          old ones</para>
128
129          <para><command>ip rule</command> allows users to look at the routing
130          policies and change them</para>
131
132          <para><command>ip route</command> allows users to look at the routing
133          table and change routing table rules</para>
134
135          <para><command>ip tunnel</command> allows users to look at the IP
136          tunnels and their properties, and change them</para>
137
138          <para><command>ip maddr</command> allows users to look at the multicast
139          addresses and their properties, and change them</para>
140
141          <para><command>ip mroute</command> allows users to set, change, or
142          delete the multicast routing</para>
143
144          <para><command>ip monitor</command> allows users to continously monitor
145          the state of devices, addresses and routes</para>
146          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ip">
147            <primary sortas="b-ip">ip</primary>
148          </indexterm>
149        </listitem>
150      </varlistentry>
151
152      <varlistentry id="lnstat">
153        <term><command>lnstat</command></term>
154        <listitem>
155          <para>Provides Linux network statistics. It is a generalized and more
156          feature-complete replacement for the old <command>rtstat</command>
157          program</para>
158          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 lnstat">
[a68b59e]159            <primary sortas="b-lnstat">lnstat</primary>
[3f8be484]160          </indexterm>
161        </listitem>
162      </varlistentry>
163
164      <varlistentry id="nstat">
165        <term><command>nstat</command></term>
166        <listitem>
167          <para>Shows network statistics</para>
168          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 nstat">
169            <primary sortas="b-nstat">nstat</primary>
170          </indexterm>
171        </listitem>
172      </varlistentry>
173
174      <varlistentry id="routef">
175        <term><command>routef</command></term>
176        <listitem>
177          <para>A component of <command>ip route</command>. This is for flushing
178          the routing tables</para>
179          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routef">
180            <primary sortas="b-routef">routef</primary>
181          </indexterm>
182        </listitem>
183      </varlistentry>
184
185      <varlistentry id="routel">
186        <term><command>routel</command></term>
187        <listitem>
188          <para>A component of <command>ip route</command>. This is for listing
189          the routing tables</para>
190          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routel">
191            <primary sortas="b-routel">routel</primary>
192          </indexterm>
193        </listitem>
194      </varlistentry>
195
196      <varlistentry id="rtacct">
197        <term><command>rtacct</command></term>
198        <listitem>
199          <para>Displays the contents of
200          <filename>/proc/net/rt_acct</filename></para>
201          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtacct">
202            <primary sortas="b-rtacct">rtacct</primary>
203          </indexterm>
204        </listitem>
205      </varlistentry>
206
207      <varlistentry id="rtmon">
208        <term><command>rtmon</command></term>
209        <listitem>
210          <para>Route monitoring utility</para>
211          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtmon">
212            <primary sortas="b-rtmon">rtmon</primary>
213          </indexterm>
214        </listitem>
215      </varlistentry>
216
217      <varlistentry id="rtpr">
218        <term><command>rtpr</command></term>
219        <listitem>
220          <para>Converts the output of <command>ip -o</command> back into a
221          readable form</para>
222          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtpr">
223            <primary sortas="b-rtpr">rtpr</primary>
224          </indexterm>
225        </listitem>
226      </varlistentry>
227
228      <varlistentry id="rtstat">
229        <term><command>rtstat</command></term>
230        <listitem>
231          <para>Route status utility</para>
232          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtstat">
233            <primary sortas="b-rtstat">rtstat</primary>
234          </indexterm>
235        </listitem>
236      </varlistentry>
237
238      <varlistentry id="ss">
239        <term><command>ss</command></term>
240        <listitem>
241          <para>Similar to the <command>netstat</command> command; shows
242          active connections</para>
243          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss">
244            <primary sortas="b-ss">ss</primary>
245          </indexterm>
246        </listitem>
247      </varlistentry>
248
249      <varlistentry id="tc">
250        <term><command>tc</command></term>
251        <listitem>
252          <para>Traffic Controlling Executable; this is for Quality Of Service
253          (QOS) and Class Of Service (COS) implementations</para>
254
255          <para><command>tc qdisc</command> allows users to setup the queueing
256          discipline</para>
257
258          <para><command>tc class</command> allows users to setup classes based on
259          the queuing discipline scheduling</para>
260
261          <para><command>tc estimator</command> allows users to estimate the
262          network flow into a network</para>
263
264          <para><command>tc filter</command> allows users to setup the QOS/COS
265          packet filtering</para>
266
267          <para><command>tc policy</command> allows users to setup the QOS/COS
268          policies</para>
269          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss">
270            <primary sortas="b-tc">tc</primary>
271          </indexterm>
272        </listitem>
273      </varlistentry>
274
275    </variablelist>
276
277  </sect2>
278
279</sect1>
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