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]>
<sect1 id="ch-system-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 and advanced
IPV4-based 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>GCC, Glibc, Make, Linux-Headers, and Sed</seg>
</seglistitem>
</segmentedlist>
</sect2>
<sect2 role="installation">
<title>Installation of Iproute2</title>
<para>The <command>arpd</command> binary included in this package is
dependent on Berkeley DB. Because <command>arpd</command> is not a very
common requirement on a base Linux system, remove the dependency on
Berkeley DB by applying the patch using the command below. If
the <command>arpd</command> binary is needed, instructions for
compiling Berkeley DB can be found in the BLFS Book at <ulink
url="&blfs-root;view/svn/content/databases.html#db"/>.
</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../iproute2-&iproute2-patch-version;-remove_db-1.patch</userinput></screen>
<para>The patch below fixes the issue with the newer versions of
findutils whose <command>find</command> command will report an error
message when its options are not in the proper order.</para>
<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../iproute2-&iproute2-patch-version;-find_update-1.patch</userinput></screen>
<para>Prepare Iproute2 for compilation:</para>
<screen><userinput>./configure </userinput></screen>
<para>Compile the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make SBINDIR=/sbin</userinput></screen>
<para>The meaning of the make option:</para>
<variablelist>
<varlistentry>
<term><parameter>SBINDIR=/sbin</parameter></term>
<listitem><para>This makes sure that the Iproute2 binaries will install into
<filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>. This is the correct
location according to the FHS, because some of the Iproute2 binaries are used
in the bootscripts.</para>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
<para>Install the package:</para>
<screen><userinput>make SBINDIR=/sbin 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><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
<?dbfo list-presentation="list"?>
<varlistentry id="ifstat">
<term>
<command>ifstat</command>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Shows the interfaces statistic, including the amount of transmitted
and received packages by interface.</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifstat">
<primary sortas="b-ifstat">ifstat</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ip">
<term>
<command>ip</command>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>The main executable. It has several different functions:</para>
<para><command>ip link <replaceable>[device]</replaceable></command>
allows users to look at the state of devices and to make changes.
</para>
<para><command>ip addr</command> allows users to look at addresses and
their properties, add new addresses, and delete old ones.
</para>
<para><command>ip neighbor</command> allows users to look at
neighbor bindings and their properties, add new
neighbor entries, and delete old ones.
</para>
<para><command>ip rule</command> allows users to look at the routing
policies and change them.
</para>
<para><command>ip route</command> allows users to look at the routing
table and change routing table rules.
</para>
<para><command>ip tunnel</command> allows users to look at the IP
tunnels and their properties, and change them.
</para>
<para><command>ip maddr</command> allows users to look at the multicast
addresses and their properties, and change them.
</para>
<para><command>ip mroute</command> allows users to set, change, or
delete the multicast routing.
</para>
<para><command>ip monitor</command> allows users to
continously monitor the state of devices, addresses and routes.
</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ip">
<primary sortas="b-ip">ip</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="nstat">
<term>
<command>nstat</command>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Shows network statistics.</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 nstat">
<primary sortas="b-nstat">nstat</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="routef">
<term>
<command>routef</command>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>A component of <command>ip route</command>. This is for flushing the routing
tables.
</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routef">
<primary sortas="b-routef">routef</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="routel">
<term>
<command>routel</command>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>A component of <command>ip route</command>. This is for listing the routing
tables.
</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routel">
<primary sortas="b-routel">routel</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="rtmon">
<term>
<command>rtmon</command>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Route monitoring utility.</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtmon">
<primary sortas="b-rtmon">rtmon</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="rtstat">
<term>
<command>rtstat</command>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Route status utility</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtstat">
<primary sortas="b-rtstat">rtstat</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="ss">
<term>
<command>ss</command>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Similar to the <command>netstat</command> command; shows active connections</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss">
<primary sortas="b-ss">ss</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
<varlistentry id="tc">
<term>
<command>tc</command>
</term>
<listitem>
<para>Traffic Controlling Executable; this is for Quality Of
Service (QOS) and Class Of Service (COS)
implementations
</para>
<para><command>tc qdisc</command> allows users to setup the queueing
discipline
</para>
<para><command>tc class</command> allows users to setup classes based on
the queuing discipline scheduling
</para>
<para><command>tc estimator</command> allows users to estimate the
network flow into a network
</para>
<para><command>tc filter</command> allows users to setup the QOS/COS
packet filtering
</para>
<para><command>tc policy</command> allows users to setup the QOS/COS
policies
</para>
<indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss">
<primary sortas="b-tc">tc</primary>
</indexterm>
</listitem>
</varlistentry>
</variablelist>
</sect2>
</sect1>
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