Linux TCP/IP networking: net-tools vs. iproute2

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Sep 4, 2014 10:59 AM EDT
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Many sysadmins still manage and troubleshoot various network configurations by using a combination of ifconfig, route, arp and netstat command-line tools, collectively known as net-tools. Originally rooted in the BSD TCP/IP toolkit, the net-tools was developed to configure network functionality of older Linux kernels. Its development in the Linux community so far has ceased since […]Continue reading... The post Linux TCP/IP networking: net-tools vs. iproute2 appeared first on Xmodulo. Related FAQs: How to set up a mail server in Ubuntu or Debian How to enable user authentication for a Postfix SMTP server with SASL How to monitor BGP sessions with Nagios How to set up Clam Antivirus, SpamAssassin and MailScanner on Ubuntu mail server How to set up a secure FTP service with vsftpd on Linux

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