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1<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
2<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
3  "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/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
21    IPV4-based networking.</para>
22
23  </sect2>
24
25  <sect2 role="installation">
26    <title>Installation of IPRoute2</title>
27
28    <para os="s1">The <command>arpd</command> binary included in this package is
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 CBLFS at <ulink
34    url="&cblfs-root;index.php/Berkeley_DB"/>.</para>
35
36<screen os="s2"><userinput>sed -i '/^TARGETS/s@arpd@@g' misc/Makefile</userinput></screen>
37
38    <para os="a">Compile the package:</para>
39
40<screen os="b"><userinput>make DESTDIR=/ DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/iproute2 \
41    MANDIR=/usr/share/man</userinput></screen>
42
43    <variablelist os="c">
44      <title>The meaning of the make option:</title>
45
46      <varlistentry>
47        <term><parameter>DESTDIR=/</parameter></term>
48        <listitem>
49          <para>This option overrides the default DESTDIR of /usr, so that
50          that the IPRoute2 binaries will be installed into
51          <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>. This is the correct
52          location according to the FHS, because some of the IPRoute2 binaries
53          are used by the CLFS-Bootscripts package.</para>
54        </listitem>
55      </varlistentry>
56
57      <varlistentry>
58        <term><parameter>DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/iproute2 MANDIR=/usr/share/man</parameter></term>
59        <listitem>
60          <para>The DESTDIR=/ parameter would cause documentation to be
61          installed into /share/doc and /share/man. These options ensure
62          the docs are installed to the correct locations.</para>
63        </listitem>
64      </varlistentry>
65    </variablelist>
66
67    <para os="d">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
68
69    <para os="e">Install the package:</para>
70
71<screen os="f"><userinput>make DOCDIR=/usr/share/doc/iproute2 \
72    MANDIR=/usr/share/man install</userinput></screen>
73
74  </sect2>
75
76  <sect2 id="contents-iproute2" role="content">
77    <title>Contents of IPRoute2</title>
78
79    <segmentedlist>
80      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
81
82      <seglistitem>
83        <seg>ctstat (link to lnstat), genl, ifcfg, ifstat, ip, lnstat, nstat,
84        routef, routel, rtacct, rtmon, rtpr, rtstat (link to lnstat), ss,
85        and tc</seg>
86      </seglistitem>
87    </segmentedlist>
88
89    <variablelist>
90      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
91      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
92      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
93
94      <varlistentry id="ctstat">
95        <term><command>ctstat</command></term>
96        <listitem>
97          <para>Connection status utility</para>
98          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ctstat">
99            <primary sortas="b-ctstat">ctstat</primary>
100          </indexterm>
101        </listitem>
102      </varlistentry>
103
104      <varlistentry id="genl">
105        <term><command>genl</command></term>
106        <listitem>
107          <para>Needs description</para>
108          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 genl">
109            <primary sortas="b-genl">genl</primary>
110          </indexterm>
111        </listitem>
112      </varlistentry>
113
114      <varlistentry id="ifcfg">
115        <term><command>ifcfg</command></term>
116        <listitem>
117          <para>A shell script wrapper for the <command>ip</command>
118          command</para>
119          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifcfg">
120            <primary sortas="b-ifcfg">ifcfg</primary>
121          </indexterm>
122        </listitem>
123      </varlistentry>
124
125      <varlistentry id="ifstat">
126        <term><command>ifstat</command></term>
127        <listitem>
128          <para>Shows the interface statistics, including the amount of
129          transmitted and received packets by interface</para>
130          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifstat">
131            <primary sortas="b-ifstat">ifstat</primary>
132          </indexterm>
133        </listitem>
134      </varlistentry>
135
136      <varlistentry id="ip">
137        <term><command>ip</command></term>
138        <listitem>
139          <para>The main executable. It has several different functions:</para>
140
141          <para><command>ip link <replaceable>[device]</replaceable></command>
142          allows users to look at the state of devices and to make changes</para>
143
144          <para><command>ip addr</command> allows users to look at addresses and
145          their properties, add new addresses, and delete old ones</para>
146
147          <para><command>ip neighbor</command> allows users to look at neighbor
148          bindings and their properties, add new neighbor entries, and delete
149          old ones</para>
150
151          <para><command>ip rule</command> allows users to look at the routing
152          policies and change them</para>
153
154          <para><command>ip route</command> allows users to look at the routing
155          table and change routing table rules</para>
156
157          <para><command>ip tunnel</command> allows users to look at the IP
158          tunnels and their properties, and change them</para>
159
160          <para><command>ip maddr</command> allows users to look at the multicast
161          addresses and their properties, and change them</para>
162
163          <para><command>ip mroute</command> allows users to set, change, or
164          delete the multicast routing</para>
165
166          <para><command>ip monitor</command> allows users to continously monitor
167          the state of devices, addresses and routes</para>
168          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ip">
169            <primary sortas="b-ip">ip</primary>
170          </indexterm>
171        </listitem>
172      </varlistentry>
173
174      <varlistentry id="lnstat">
175        <term><command>lnstat</command></term>
176        <listitem>
177          <para>Provides Linux network statistics. It is a generalized and more
178          feature-complete replacement for the old <command>rtstat</command>
179          program</para>
180          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 lnstat">
181            <primary sortas="b-lnstat">lnstat</primary>
182          </indexterm>
183        </listitem>
184      </varlistentry>
185
186      <varlistentry id="nstat">
187        <term><command>nstat</command></term>
188        <listitem>
189          <para>Shows network statistics</para>
190          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 nstat">
191            <primary sortas="b-nstat">nstat</primary>
192          </indexterm>
193        </listitem>
194      </varlistentry>
195
196      <varlistentry id="routef">
197        <term><command>routef</command></term>
198        <listitem>
199          <para>A component of <command>ip route</command>. This is for flushing
200          the routing tables</para>
201          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routef">
202            <primary sortas="b-routef">routef</primary>
203          </indexterm>
204        </listitem>
205      </varlistentry>
206
207      <varlistentry id="routel">
208        <term><command>routel</command></term>
209        <listitem>
210          <para>A component of <command>ip route</command>. This is for listing
211          the routing tables</para>
212          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routel">
213            <primary sortas="b-routel">routel</primary>
214          </indexterm>
215        </listitem>
216      </varlistentry>
217
218      <varlistentry id="rtacct">
219        <term><command>rtacct</command></term>
220        <listitem>
221          <para>Displays the contents of
222          <filename>/proc/net/rt_acct</filename></para>
223          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtacct">
224            <primary sortas="b-rtacct">rtacct</primary>
225          </indexterm>
226        </listitem>
227      </varlistentry>
228
229      <varlistentry id="rtmon">
230        <term><command>rtmon</command></term>
231        <listitem>
232          <para>Route monitoring utility</para>
233          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtmon">
234            <primary sortas="b-rtmon">rtmon</primary>
235          </indexterm>
236        </listitem>
237      </varlistentry>
238
239      <varlistentry id="rtpr">
240        <term><command>rtpr</command></term>
241        <listitem>
242          <para>Converts the output of <command>ip -o</command> back into a
243          readable form</para>
244          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtpr">
245            <primary sortas="b-rtpr">rtpr</primary>
246          </indexterm>
247        </listitem>
248      </varlistentry>
249
250      <varlistentry id="rtstat">
251        <term><command>rtstat</command></term>
252        <listitem>
253          <para>Route status utility</para>
254          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtstat">
255            <primary sortas="b-rtstat">rtstat</primary>
256          </indexterm>
257        </listitem>
258      </varlistentry>
259
260      <varlistentry id="ss">
261        <term><command>ss</command></term>
262        <listitem>
263          <para>Similar to the <command>netstat</command> command; shows
264          active connections</para>
265          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss">
266            <primary sortas="b-ss">ss</primary>
267          </indexterm>
268        </listitem>
269      </varlistentry>
270
271      <varlistentry id="tc">
272        <term><command>tc</command></term>
273        <listitem>
274          <para>Traffic Controlling Executable; this is for Quality Of Service
275          (QOS) and Class Of Service (COS) implementations</para>
276
277          <para><command>tc qdisc</command> allows users to setup the queueing
278          discipline</para>
279
280          <para><command>tc class</command> allows users to setup classes based on
281          the queuing discipline scheduling</para>
282
283          <para><command>tc estimator</command> allows users to estimate the
284          network flow into a network</para>
285
286          <para><command>tc filter</command> allows users to setup the QOS/COS
287          packet filtering</para>
288
289          <para><command>tc policy</command> allows users to setup the QOS/COS
290          policies</para>
291          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss">
292            <primary sortas="b-tc">tc</primary>
293          </indexterm>
294        </listitem>
295      </varlistentry>
296
297    </variablelist>
298
299  </sect2>
300
301</sect1>
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