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authorMark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-02-06 23:15:46 +0000
committerMark Hymers <markh@linuxfromscratch.org>2002-02-06 23:15:46 +0000
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-<sect2>
-<title>Contents</title>
+<sect2><title>Contents of net-tools-&net-tools-contversion;</title>
-<para>The Net-tools package contains the arp, hostname, ifconfig, netstat,
-plipconfig, rarp, route, and slattach programs.</para>
+<sect3><title>Program Files</title>
-</sect2>
+<para>arp, dnsdomainname (link to hostname), domainname (link to
+hostname), hostname, ifconfig, nameif, netstat, nisdomainname (link to
+hostname), plipconfig, rarp, route, slattach and ypdomainname (link to
+hostname)</para></sect3>
-<sect2>
-<title>Description</title>
+<sect3><title>Descriptions</title>
-<sect3><title>arp</title>
+<sect4><title>arp</title>
<para>arp is used to manipulate the kernel's ARP cache, usually to add
-or delete an entry, or to dump the ARP cache.</para></sect3>
+or delete an entry, or to dump the ARP cache.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>dnsdomainname</title>
+<para>dnsdomainname shows the system's DNS domain name.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>hostname</title>
-<para>hostname, with its symlinks domainname, dnsdomainname, nisdomainname,
-ypdomainname, and nodename, is used to set or show the system's hostname (or
-other, depending on the symlink used).</para></sect3>
+<sect4><title>domainname</title>
+<para>domainname shows or sets the system's NIS/YP domain
+name.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>ifconfig</title>
+<sect4><title>hostname</title>
+<para>hostname is used to set or show the system's
+hostname</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>ifconfig</title>
<para>The ifconfig command is the general command used to configure network
-interfaces.</para></sect3>
+interfaces.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>nameif</title>
+<para>nameif names network interfaces based on MAC
+addresses</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>netstat</title>
+<sect4><title>netstat</title>
<para>netstat is a multi-purpose tool used to print the network connections,
routing tables, interface statistics, masquerade connections, and multicast
-memberships.</para></sect3>
+memberships.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>plipconfig</title>
+<sect4><title>nisdomainname</title>
+<para>nisdomainname shows or sets system's NIS/YP domain
+name.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>plipconfig</title>
<para>plipconfig is used to fine-tune the PLIP device parameters, hopefully
-making it faster.</para></sect3>
+making it faster.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>rarp</title>
+<sect4><title>rarp</title>
<para>Akin to the arp program, the rarp program manipulates the system's
-RARP table.</para></sect3>
+RARP table.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>route</title>
+<sect4><title>route</title>
<para>route is the general utility which is used to manipulate the IP
-routing table.</para></sect3>
+routing table.</para></sect4>
-<sect3><title>slattach</title>
+<sect4><title>slattach</title>
<para>slattach attaches a network interface to a serial line, i.e.. puts a
-normal terminal line into one of several "network" modes.</para></sect3>
+normal terminal line into one of several "network" modes.</para></sect4>
+
+<sect4><title>ypdomainname</title>
+<para>updomainname shows or sets the system's NIS/YP domain
+name.</para></sect4>
+
+</sect3>
</sect2>