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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">IPutils has various issues addressed by the following
28    patch:</para>
29
30<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&iputils-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
31
32    <para os="p3">The following patch contains pregenerated documentation for
33    IPutils:</para>
34
35<screen os="p4"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&iputils-doc-patch;</userinput></screen>
36
37    <para os="a">Compile the package:</para>
38
39<screen os="b"><userinput>make IPV4_TARGETS="tracepath ping rdisc clockdiff rdisc" \
40    IPV6_TARGETS="tracepath6 traceroute6"</userinput></screen>
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
46<screen os="e"><userinput>install -v -m755 ping /bin
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
51install -v -m644 doc/*.8 /usr/share/man/man8</userinput></screen>
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>
62        <seg>clockdiff, ping, rdisc, tracepath, tracepath6, and traceroute6</seg>
63      </seglistitem>
64    </segmentedlist>
65
66    <variablelist>
67      <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
68      <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
69      <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
70<!--
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>
80-->
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
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>
101<!--
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>
112-->
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
155    </variablelist>
156
157  </sect2>
158
159</sect1>
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