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[b609dca]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-iputils" role="wrap">
9 <?dbhtml filename="iputils.html"?>
10
11 <title>IPutils-&iputils-version;</title>
12
13 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils">
14 <primary sortas="a-IPutils">IPutils</primary>
15 </indexterm>
16
17 <sect2 role="package">
18 <title/>
19
20 <para>The IPutils package contains programs for basic networking.</para>
21
22 </sect2>
23
24 <sect2 role="installation">
25 <title>Installation of IPutils</title>
26
[8867e46]27 <para os="p1">IPutils has various issues addressed by the following
28 patch:</para>
[b609dca]29
30<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&iputils-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
31
[8867e46]32 <para os="p3">The following patch contains pregenerated documentation for
33 IPutils:</para>
[52f035d]34
[8867e46]35<screen os="p4"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&iputils-doc-patch;</userinput></screen>
[52f035d]36
[b609dca]37 <para os="a">Compile the package:</para>
38
[e8c695a]39<screen os="b"><userinput>make IPV4_TARGETS="tracepath ping clockdiff rdisc" \
[8867e46]40 IPV6_TARGETS="tracepath6 traceroute6"</userinput></screen>
[b609dca]41
42 <para os="c">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
43
44 <para os="d">Install the package:</para>
45
[8867e46]46<screen os="e"><userinput>install -v -m755 ping /bin
[8d00c46]47install -v -m755 clockdiff /usr/bin
48install -v -m755 rdisc /usr/bin
49install -v -m755 tracepath /usr/bin
50install -v -m755 trace{path,route}6 /usr/bin
[52f035d]51install -v -m644 doc/*.8 /usr/share/man/man8</userinput></screen>
[b609dca]52
53 </sect2>
54
55 <sect2 id="contents-iputils" role="content">
56 <title>Contents of iputils</title>
57
58 <segmentedlist>
59 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
60
61 <seglistitem>
[cf37775]62 <seg>clockdiff, ping, rdisc, tracepath, tracepath6, and traceroute6</seg>
[b609dca]63 </seglistitem>
64 </segmentedlist>
65
66 <variablelist>
67 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
68 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
69 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
[8867e46]70<!--
[2cca6fd]71 <varlistentry id="arping">
72 <term><command>arping</command></term>
73 <listitem>
74 <para>Sends an ARP request to a neighbor host</para>
75 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils arping">
76 <primary sortas="b-arping">arping</primary>
77 </indexterm>
78 </listitem>
79 </varlistentry>
[8867e46]80-->
[2cca6fd]81 <varlistentry id="clockdiff">
82 <term><command>clockdiff</command></term>
83 <listitem>
84 <para>Measures the clock difference between hosts</para>
85 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils clockdiff">
86 <primary sortas="b-clockdiff">clockdiff</primary>
87 </indexterm>
88 </listitem>
89 </varlistentry>
90
[b609dca]91 <varlistentry id="ping">
92 <term><command>ping</command></term>
93 <listitem>
94 <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
95 take. This is the IPV4 version</para>
96 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils ping">
97 <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
98 </indexterm>
99 </listitem>
100 </varlistentry>
[8867e46]101<!--
[b609dca]102 <varlistentry id="ping6">
103 <term><command>ping6</command></term>
104 <listitem>
105 <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
106 take. This is the IPV6 version</para>
107 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils ping6">
108 <primary sortas="b-ping6">ping6</primary>
109 </indexterm>
110 </listitem>
111 </varlistentry>
[8867e46]112-->
[2cca6fd]113 <varlistentry id="rdisc">
114 <term><command>rdisc</command></term>
115 <listitem>
116 <para>Network router discovery daemon</para>
117 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils rdisc">
118 <primary sortas="b-rdisc">rdisc</primary>
119 </indexterm>
120 </listitem>
121 </varlistentry>
122
123 <varlistentry id="tracepath">
124 <term><command>tracepath</command></term>
125 <listitem>
126 <para>Traces the path to a network host discovering MTU along the
127 path. This is the IPV4 version.</para>
128 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils tracepath">
129 <primary sortas="b-tracepath">tracepath</primary>
130 </indexterm>
131 </listitem>
132 </varlistentry>
133
134 <varlistentry id="tracepath6">
135 <term><command>tracepath6</command></term>
136 <listitem>
137 <para>Traces the path to a network host discovering MTU along the
138 path. This is the IPV6 version.</para>
139 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils tracepath6">
140 <primary sortas="b-tracepath6">tracepath6</primary>
141 </indexterm>
142 </listitem>
143 </varlistentry>
144
145 <varlistentry id="traceroute6">
146 <term><command>traceroute6</command></term>
147 <listitem>
148 <para>Traces the path to a network host on an IPV6 network</para>
149 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils traceroute6">
150 <primary sortas="b-traceroute6">traceroute6</primary>
151 </indexterm>
152 </listitem>
153 </varlistentry>
154
[b609dca]155 </variablelist>
156
157 </sect2>
158
159</sect1>
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