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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 patch:</para>
28
29<screen os="p2"><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../&iputils-fixes-patch;</userinput></screen>
30
31 <para os="p3">The following patch contains the man-pages for IPutils:</para>
32
33<screen os="p4"><userinput>patch -Np0 -i ../&iputils-manpages-patch;</userinput></screen>
34
35 <para os="a">Compile the package:</para>
36
37<screen os="b"><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
38
39 <para os="c">This package does not come with a test suite.</para>
40
41 <para os="d">Install the package:</para>
42
43<screen os="e"><userinput>install -v -m755 ping{,6} /bin
44install -v -m755 arping /usr/bin
45install -v -m755 clockdiff /usr/bin
46install -v -m755 rdisc /usr/bin
47install -v -m755 tracepath /usr/bin
48install -v -m755 trace{path,route}6 /usr/bin
49install -v -m644 doc/*.8 /usr/share/man/man8</userinput></screen>
50
51 </sect2>
52
53 <sect2 id="contents-iputils" role="content">
54 <title>Contents of iputils</title>
55
56 <segmentedlist>
57 <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
58
59 <seglistitem>
60 <seg>arping, clockdiff, ping, ping6, rdisc, tracepath, tracepath6, and traceroute6</seg>
61 </seglistitem>
62 </segmentedlist>
63
64 <variablelist>
65 <bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
66 <?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
67 <?dbhtml list-presentation="table"?>
68
69 <varlistentry id="arping">
70 <term><command>arping</command></term>
71 <listitem>
72 <para>Sends an ARP request to a neighbor host</para>
73 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils arping">
74 <primary sortas="b-arping">arping</primary>
75 </indexterm>
76 </listitem>
77 </varlistentry>
78
79 <varlistentry id="clockdiff">
80 <term><command>clockdiff</command></term>
81 <listitem>
82 <para>Measures the clock difference between hosts</para>
83 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils clockdiff">
84 <primary sortas="b-clockdiff">clockdiff</primary>
85 </indexterm>
86 </listitem>
87 </varlistentry>
88
89 <varlistentry id="ping">
90 <term><command>ping</command></term>
91 <listitem>
92 <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
93 take. This is the IPV4 version</para>
94 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils ping">
95 <primary sortas="b-ping">ping</primary>
96 </indexterm>
97 </listitem>
98 </varlistentry>
99
100 <varlistentry id="ping6">
101 <term><command>ping6</command></term>
102 <listitem>
103 <para>Sends echo-request packets and reports how long the replies
104 take. This is the IPV6 version</para>
105 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils ping6">
106 <primary sortas="b-ping6">ping6</primary>
107 </indexterm>
108 </listitem>
109 </varlistentry>
110
111 <varlistentry id="rdisc">
112 <term><command>rdisc</command></term>
113 <listitem>
114 <para>Network router discovery daemon</para>
115 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils rdisc">
116 <primary sortas="b-rdisc">rdisc</primary>
117 </indexterm>
118 </listitem>
119 </varlistentry>
120
121 <varlistentry id="tracepath">
122 <term><command>tracepath</command></term>
123 <listitem>
124 <para>Traces the path to a network host discovering MTU along the
125 path. This is the IPV4 version.</para>
126 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils tracepath">
127 <primary sortas="b-tracepath">tracepath</primary>
128 </indexterm>
129 </listitem>
130 </varlistentry>
131
132 <varlistentry id="tracepath6">
133 <term><command>tracepath6</command></term>
134 <listitem>
135 <para>Traces the path to a network host discovering MTU along the
136 path. This is the IPV6 version.</para>
137 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils tracepath6">
138 <primary sortas="b-tracepath6">tracepath6</primary>
139 </indexterm>
140 </listitem>
141 </varlistentry>
142
143 <varlistentry id="traceroute6">
144 <term><command>traceroute6</command></term>
145 <listitem>
146 <para>Traces the path to a network host on an IPV6 network</para>
147 <indexterm zone="ch-system-iputils traceroute6">
148 <primary sortas="b-traceroute6">traceroute6</primary>
149 </indexterm>
150 </listitem>
151 </varlistentry>
152
153 </variablelist>
154
155 </sect2>
156
157</sect1>
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