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 General Public License.
29 TODO Some things that need to be done.
35 This is net-tools 1.60.
37 You need kernel 2.0 or later to use these programs. These programs
38 should compile cleanly with both glibc (version 2.0 or 2.1) and libc5,
39 though support for libc5 is not well tested.
41 The NLS support was changed from catgets to GNU gettext by Arnaldo
42 Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br> in June, 1998, to make the
43 source more readable. Translations to brazilian portuguese (pt_BR),
44 German (de), Estonian (ee), Czech (cz) and French (fr) are available.
47 route/netstat -r do not yet support different address families
48 cleanly. IPX/DDP/AX25 people, please feel free to add the code.
50 ifconfig now supports changing media types for interfaces. This requires
51 a version 2.2 kernel, and many devices do not support it yet.
53 The tools now support the layout of the 2.2 kernel /proc files (Bernd
56 Some configuration options require kernel version 2.2 and/or
57 particular versions of the C library. The defaults should be safe for
58 all common environments but some of the more esoteric hardware and
59 protocol families may be more touchy. Feel free to send patches if
66 net-tools@lina.inka.de