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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
[99ef41b]27 <para os="p1">Apply the following patch for man-pages and build edits:</para>
[b609dca]28
[99ef41b]29<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&iputils-build-patch;</userinput></screen>
[b609dca]30
31 <para os="a">Compile the package:</para>
32
[851331b]33<screen os="b"><userinput>make USE_CAP=no \
[b49eaf5]34 TARGETS="clockdiff ping rdisc tracepath tracepath6 traceroute6"</userinput></screen>
[b609dca]35
36 <para os="c">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
37
38 <para os="d">Install the package:</para>
39
[8867e46]40<screen os="e"><userinput>install -v -m755 ping /bin
[8d00c46]41install -v -m755 clockdiff /usr/bin
42install -v -m755 rdisc /usr/bin
43install -v -m755 tracepath /usr/bin
44install -v -m755 trace{path,route}6 /usr/bin
[99ef41b]45install -v -m644 doc/*.8 /usr/share/man/man8
46ln -sv ping /bin/ping4
47ln -sv ping /bin/ping6</userinput></screen>
[b609dca]48
49 </sect2>
50
51 <sect2 id="contents-iputils" role="content">
52 <title>Contents of iputils</title>
53
54 <segmentedlist>
55 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
56
57 <seglistitem>
[99ef41b]58 <seg>clockdiff, ping, rdisc, tracepath, tracepath6, traceroute6, ping4 (link to ping), ping6 (link to ping)</seg>
[b609dca]59 </seglistitem>
60 </segmentedlist>
61
62 <variablelist>
63 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
64 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
65 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
[8867e46]66<!--
[2cca6fd]67 <varlistentry id="arping">
68 <term><command>arping</command></term>
69 <listitem>
70 <para>Sends an ARP request to a neighbor host</para>
71 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils arping">
72 <primary sortas="b-arping">arping</primary>
73 </indexterm>
74 </listitem>
75 </varlistentry>
[8867e46]76-->
[2cca6fd]77 <varlistentry id="clockdiff">
78 <term><command>clockdiff</command></term>
79 <listitem>
80 <para>Measures the clock difference between hosts</para>
81 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils clockdiff">
82 <primary sortas="b-clockdiff">clockdiff</primary>
83 </indexterm>
84 </listitem>
85 </varlistentry>
86
[b609dca]87 <varlistentry id="ping">
88 <term><command>ping</command></term>
89 <listitem>
90 <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
[99ef41b]91 take.</para>
[b609dca]92 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils ping">
93 <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
94 </indexterm>
95 </listitem>
96 </varlistentry>
[99ef41b]97
98 <varlistentry id="ping4">
99 <term><command>ping</command></term>
100 <listitem>
101 <para>Executes ping for IPV4 support</para>
102 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils ping4">
103 <primary sortas="b-ping4">ping</primary>
104 </indexterm>
105 </listitem>
106 </varlistentry>
107
[b609dca]108 <varlistentry id="ping6">
109 <term><command>ping6</command></term>
110 <listitem>
[99ef41b]111 <para>Executes ping for IPV6 support</para>
[b609dca]112 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils ping6">
113 <primary sortas="b-ping6">ping6</primary>
114 </indexterm>
115 </listitem>
116 </varlistentry>
[99ef41b]117
[2cca6fd]118 <varlistentry id="rdisc">
119 <term><command>rdisc</command></term>
120 <listitem>
121 <para>Network router discovery daemon</para>
122 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils rdisc">
123 <primary sortas="b-rdisc">rdisc</primary>
124 </indexterm>
125 </listitem>
126 </varlistentry>
127
128 <varlistentry id="tracepath">
129 <term><command>tracepath</command></term>
130 <listitem>
131 <para>Traces the path to a network host discovering MTU along the
132 path. This is the IPV4 version.</para>
133 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils tracepath">
134 <primary sortas="b-tracepath">tracepath</primary>
135 </indexterm>
136 </listitem>
137 </varlistentry>
138
139 <varlistentry id="tracepath6">
140 <term><command>tracepath6</command></term>
141 <listitem>
142 <para>Traces the path to a network host discovering MTU along the
143 path. This is the IPV6 version.</para>
144 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils tracepath6">
145 <primary sortas="b-tracepath6">tracepath6</primary>
146 </indexterm>
147 </listitem>
148 </varlistentry>
149
150 <varlistentry id="traceroute6">
151 <term><command>traceroute6</command></term>
152 <listitem>
153 <para>Traces the path to a network host on an IPV6 network</para>
154 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils traceroute6">
155 <primary sortas="b-traceroute6">traceroute6</primary>
156 </indexterm>
157 </listitem>
158 </varlistentry>
159
[b609dca]160 </variablelist>
161
162 </sect2>
163
164</sect1>
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