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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-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
27    <para os="p1">Apply the following patch for man-pages and build edits:</para>
28
29<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&iputils-build-patch;</userinput></screen>
30
31    <para os="a">Compile the package:</para>
32
33<screen os="b"><userinput>make TARGETS="clockdiff ping rdisc tracepath tracepath6 traceroute6"</userinput></screen>
34
35    <para os="c">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
36
37    <para os="d">Install the package:</para>
38
39<screen os="e"><userinput>install -v -m755 ping /bin
40install -v -m755 clockdiff /usr/bin
41install -v -m755 rdisc /usr/bin
42install -v -m755 tracepath /usr/bin
43install -v -m755 trace{path,route}6 /usr/bin
44install -v -m644 doc/*.8 /usr/share/man/man8
45ln -sv ping /bin/ping4
46ln -sv ping /bin/ping6</userinput></screen>
47
48  </sect2>
49
50  <sect2 id="contents-iputils" role="content">
51    <title>Contents of iputils</title>
52
53    <segmentedlist>
54      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
55
56      <seglistitem>
57        <seg>clockdiff, ping, rdisc, tracepath, tracepath6, traceroute6, ping4 (link to ping), ping6 (link to ping)</seg>
58      </seglistitem>
59    </segmentedlist>
60
61    <variablelist>
62      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
63      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
64      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
65<!--
66      <varlistentry id="arping">
67        <term><command>arping</command></term>
68        <listitem>
69          <para>Sends an ARP request to a neighbor host</para>
70          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils arping">
71            <primary sortas="b-arping">arping</primary>
72          </indexterm>
73        </listitem>
74      </varlistentry>
75-->
76      <varlistentry id="clockdiff">
77        <term><command>clockdiff</command></term>
78        <listitem>
79          <para>Measures the clock difference between hosts</para>
80          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils clockdiff">
81            <primary sortas="b-clockdiff">clockdiff</primary>
82          </indexterm>
83        </listitem>
84      </varlistentry>
85
86      <varlistentry id="ping">
87        <term><command>ping</command></term>
88        <listitem>
89          <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
90          take.</para>
91          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils ping">
92            <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
93          </indexterm>
94        </listitem>
95      </varlistentry>
96
97      <varlistentry id="ping4">
98        <term><command>ping</command></term>
99        <listitem>
100          <para>Executes ping for IPV4 support</para>
101          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils ping4">
102            <primary sortas="b-ping4">ping</primary>
103          </indexterm>
104        </listitem>
105      </varlistentry>
106
107      <varlistentry id="ping6">
108        <term><command>ping6</command></term>
109        <listitem>
110          <para>Executes ping for  IPV6 support</para>
111          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils ping6">
112            <primary sortas="b-ping6">ping6</primary>
113          </indexterm>
114        </listitem>
115      </varlistentry>
116
117      <varlistentry id="rdisc">
118        <term><command>rdisc</command></term>
119        <listitem>
120          <para>Network router discovery daemon</para>
121          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils rdisc">
122            <primary sortas="b-rdisc">rdisc</primary>
123          </indexterm>
124        </listitem>
125      </varlistentry>
126
127      <varlistentry id="tracepath">
128        <term><command>tracepath</command></term>
129        <listitem>
130          <para>Traces the path to a network host discovering MTU along the
131          path. This is the IPV4 version.</para>
132          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils tracepath">
133            <primary sortas="b-tracepath">tracepath</primary>
134          </indexterm>
135        </listitem>
136      </varlistentry>
137
138      <varlistentry id="tracepath6">
139        <term><command>tracepath6</command></term>
140        <listitem>
141          <para>Traces the path to a network host discovering MTU along the
142          path. This is the IPV6 version.</para>
143          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils tracepath6">
144            <primary sortas="b-tracepath6">tracepath6</primary>
145          </indexterm>
146        </listitem>
147      </varlistentry>
148
149      <varlistentry id="traceroute6">
150        <term><command>traceroute6</command></term>
151        <listitem>
152          <para>Traces the path to a network host on an IPV6 network</para>
153          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils traceroute6">
154            <primary sortas="b-traceroute6">traceroute6</primary>
155          </indexterm>
156        </listitem>
157      </varlistentry>
158
159    </variablelist>
160
161  </sect2>
162
163</sect1>
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