* Merged recent testing changes back up to unstable (bootscripts & iproute2)

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
+<!DOCTYPE sect1 PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.3//EN" "http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.3/docbookx.dtd" [
+  <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../general.ent">
+  %general-entities;
+]>
+<sect1 id="ch-system-iproute2" xreflabel="IProute2" role="wrap">
+  <title>Iproute2-&iproute2-version;</title>
+<?dbhtml filename="iproute2.html"?>
+  <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2">
+    <primary sortas="a-IProute2">IProute2</primary>
+  </indexterm>
+  <sect2 role="package">
+    <title/>
+    <para>The IPRoute2 package contains programs for basic networking.</para>
+    <segmentedlist>
+      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
+      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
+      <seglistitem>
+        <seg>0.1 SBU</seg>
+        <seg>.6 MB</seg>
+      </seglistitem>
+    </segmentedlist>
+    <segmentedlist>
+      <segtitle>IPRoute2 installation depends on</segtitle>
+      <seglistitem>
+        <seg>sed, GCC, Glibc, Make, Linux-Headers</seg>
+      </seglistitem>
+    </segmentedlist>
+  </sect2>
+  <sect2 role="installation">
+    <title>Installation of IProute2</title>
+    <para>The <command>arp</command> binary included in this package is
+          dependent on Berkeley-DB.  As <command>arp</command> is not a very
+          common requirement on a base Linux system we remove the dependency on
+          Berkeley-DB by applying the patch using the command below.  If you
+          need the <command>arp</command> binary, then instructions for
+          compiling Berkeley-DB can be found in the <ulink
+          url="http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/blfs/view/cvs/content/databases.html#db">BLFS book</ulink>.
+    </para>
+
+    <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../iproute2-&iproute2-version;-remove_db-1.patch</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>Prepare IProute2 for compilation:</para>
+    <screen> <userinput>./configure </userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>Compile the package:</para>
+
+    <screen><userinput>make</userinput></screen>
+
+    <para>Now install it:</para>
+
+    <screen><userinput>make install</userinput></screen>
+  </sect2>
+
+  <sect2 id="contents-iproute2" role="content">
+    <title>Contents of IPRoute2</title>
+    <segmentedlist>
+      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
+      <seglistitem>
+        <seg>ifstat, ip, nstat, routef, routel, rtmon, rtstat, ss, and tc.</seg>
+      </seglistitem>
+    </segmentedlist>
+
+    <variablelist>
+      <title>Short descriptions</title>
+
+      <varlistentry id="ifstat">
+        <term>
+          <command>ifstat</command>
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifstat">
+            <primary sortas="b-ifstat">ifstat</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+          <para>shows the interfaces statistics. Shows the amount of transmitted
+                and received packages by interface</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="ip">
+        <term>
+          <command>ip</command>
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ip">
+            <primary sortas="b-ip">ip</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+
+          <para>is the main executable. Has several different functions.</para>
+
+          <para><command>ip link <replaceable>[device]</replaceable></command>
+                allows you to look at the state of devices and to change it.
+          </para>
+
+          <para><command>ip addr</command> allows you to look at addresses and
+                their properties, add new addresses and to delete old ones.
+          </para>
+
+          <para><command>ip neighbor</command> allows you to look at neighbour
+                bindings and their properties, add new neighbour entries and to
+                delete old ones.
+          </para>
+
+          <para><command>ip rule</command> allows you to look at the routing
+                policies and change them.
+          </para>
+
+          <para><command>ip route</command> allows you to look at the routing
+                table and change routing table rules.
+          </para>
+
+          <para><command>ip tunnel</command> allows you to look at the ip
+                tunnels and their properties, and change them.
+          </para>
+
+          <para><command>ip maddr</command> allows you to look at the multicast
+                addresses and their properties, and change them.
+          </para>
+
+          <para><command>ip mroute</command> allows you to set, change, or
+                delete the mutlicast routing.
+          </para>
+
+          <para><command>ip monitor</command> allows you to monitor the state of
+                devices, addresses and routes continuously.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="nstat">
+        <term>
+          <command>nstat</command>
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 nstat">
+            <primary sortas="b-nstat">nstat</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+          <para>Shows network statistics</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="routef">
+        <term>
+          <command>routef</command>
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routef">
+            <primary sortas="b-routef">routef</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+          <para>A component of ip route. This is for flushing the routing
+                tables.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="routel">
+        <term>
+          <command>routel</command>
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routel">
+            <primary sortas="b-routel">routel</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+          <para>A component of ip route. This is for listing the routing
+                tables.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="rtmon">
+        <term>
+          <command>rtmon</command>
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtmon">
+            <primary sortas="b-rtmon">rtmon</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+          <para>Route Monitoring Utility.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="rtstat">
+        <term>
+          <command>rtstat</command>
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtstat">
+            <primary sortas="b-rtstat">rtstat</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+          <para>Route Status Utility</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="ss">
+        <term>
+          <command>ss</command>
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss">
+            <primary sortas="b-ss">ss</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+          <para>Similar to the netstat command. Shows active connections.</para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+
+      <varlistentry id="tc">
+        <term>
+          <command>tc</command>
+        </term>
+        <listitem>
+          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss">
+            <primary sortas="b-tc">tc</primary>
+          </indexterm>
+          <para>Traffic Controlling Executable. This is for QOS/COS
+                implementations.
+          </para>
+
+          <para><command>tc qdisc</command> allows you to setup the queueing
+                discipline.
+          </para>
+
+          <para><command>tc class</command> allows you to setup classes based on
+                the queuing discipline scheduling.
+          </para>
+
+          <para><command>tc estimator</command> allows you to estimate the
+                network flow into a network.
+          </para>
+
+          <para><command>tc filter</command> allows you to setup the QOS/COS
+                packet filtering.
+          </para>
+
+          <para><command>tc policy</command> allows you to setup the QOS/COS
+                policies.
+          </para>
+        </listitem>
+      </varlistentry>
+    </variablelist>
+  </sect2>
+</sect1>