Revision history for net-tools


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Last edited on 2016-11-06 18:48:49 by s243a
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=== Also on this wiki ===
[[HowToWifiFromCommand|How to configure wifi from the commandline - Intro]]

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Edited on 2016-11-06 18:40:36 by s243a
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=== Binary Downloads ===
via [[https://pkgs.org/download/net-tools|packages.org]]
=== Source Code ===
via [[http://slackware.cs.utah.edu/pub/slackware/slackware-current/source/n/net-tools/|slackware.cs.utah.edu]]
via [[https://sourceforge.net/projects/net-tools/?source=navbar|sourcefordge]]
via [[http://ftp.slackware.com/pub/slackware/slackware-14.1/source/n/net-tools/|ftp.slackware.com]]
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=== Downloads ==

Revision [31522]

Edited on 2016-11-06 18:32:19 by s243a
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Many of the PuppyLinux Network Wizards are still built upon the older net-tools utilities via BusyBox. This provides [[code stability]] with older versions of PuppyLinux. BusyBox is a core component of puppylinux and includes built into it some of the functionality of both the net-tools package and the newer [[iproute2]].
The advantage of utilizing busybox is that it helps to minimize the size of puppylinux. One of the goals of puppylinux is to provide a lightweight implementation of Linux suitable for older computers.
=== Downloads ==
Ubuntu Download: [[http://packages.ubuntu.com/precise/net-tools|Precise]], [[http://packages.ubuntu.com/trusty/net-tools|Trusty]], [[http://packages.ubuntu.com/xenial/net-tools|xenial]]
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Many of the puppylinux Network Wizards are still built upon the older net-tools utilities via Busybox. This provides code stability with older versions of puppylinux. Busybox is a core component of puppylinux and includes built into it some of the functionality of both the net-tools package and the newer iproute2.
The advantage of utilizing busybox is that it helps to minimize the size of puppylinux. One of the goals of puppylinux is to provide a lightweight implementation of linux suitable for older computers.

Revision [31521]

Edited on 2016-11-06 18:24:34 by s243a
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The net-tools package contains the following network tools:
=== Puppylinux and net-tools ===
(**Note: I need to verify this section. Typing this up on a windows machine at the moment**)
Many of the puppylinux Network Wizards are still built upon the older net-tools utilities via Busybox. This provides code stability with older versions of puppylinux. Busybox is a core component of puppylinux and includes built into it some of the functionality of both the net-tools package and the newer iproute2.
The advantage of utilizing busybox is that it helps to minimize the size of puppylinux. One of the goals of puppylinux is to provide a lightweight implementation of linux suitable for older computers.
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The net-tools package containes the following network tools:

Revision [31520]

Edited on 2016-11-06 18:14:03 by s243a
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|=|utility|=|Available by default|=|Manpages|=|Note||
|=||=|on puppylinux|=||=|||
||[[ifconfig]] ||Yes||ifconfig(8) || ||
||route || ||route(8) || ||
||slattach || ||slattach(8) || ||
[[https://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/networking/network.interfaces#old_and_deprecated_utilities_for_networking_and_traffic_control|network.interfaces#old_and_deprecated_utilities_for_networking_and_traffic_control (openWRT wiki)]]
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|=|utility|=|Available by default on puppylinux|=|Manpages|=|Note||
||ifconfig ||Yes||ifconfig(8) || ||
||route(8) || ||route(8) || ||
||slattach(8) || ||slattach(8) || ||

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Edited on 2016-11-06 17:57:46 by s243a
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|=|utility|=|Available by default on puppylinux|=|Manpages|=|Note||
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|=|utility|=|Available by default|=|Manpages|=|Note||

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