3 Information about the net-tools package
5 NET-TOOLS A collection of programs that form the base set of the
6 NET-3 networking distribution for the Linux operating
9 This package includes the important tools for controlling the network
10 subsystem of the Linux kernel. This includes arp, hostname, ifconfig,
11 netstat, rarp and route. Additionally, this package contains
12 utilities relating to particular network hardware types (plipconfig,
13 slattach) and advanced aspects of IP configuration (iptunnel,
16 Please include the output of "program --version" when reporting bugs.
23 README.ipv6 Notes for people hacking IPv6.
25 INSTALLING Installation instructions.
27 COPYING Your free copy of the GNU Public License.
29 TODO Some things that need to be done.
35 This is net-tools 1.57. Notable changes since 1.55 include:
37 - A bug relating to IPv4 alias interfaces has been fixed.
38 - Support for X.25 and STRIP has been added.
39 - A tool for configuring MII transceivers has been added.
41 You need kernel 2.0 or later to use these programs. These programs
42 should compile cleanly with both glibc (version 2.0 or 2.1) and libc5,
43 though support for libc5 is not well tested.
45 The NLS support was changed from catgets to GNU gettext by Arnaldo
46 Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br> in June, 1998, to make the
47 source more readable. Translations to brazilian portuguese (pt_BR),
48 German (de), Estonian (ee), Czech (cz) and French (fr) are available.
51 route/netstat -r do not yet support different address families
52 cleanly. IPX/DDP/AX25 people, please feel free to add the code.
54 ifconfig now supports changing media types for interfaces. This requires
55 a version 2.2 kernel, and many devices do not support it yet.
57 The tools now support the layout of the 2.2 kernel /proc files (Bernd
60 Some configuration options require kernel version 2.2 and/or
61 particular versions of the C library. The defaults should be safe for
62 all common environments but some of the more esoteric hardware and
63 protocol families may be more touchy. Feel free to send patches if
70 net-tools@lina.inka.de