The net-tools package contains the following network tools:


|=|utility|=|Available by default|=|Manpages|=|Note||
|=||=|on puppylinux|=||=|||
||arp         ||No ||arp(8)       || ||
||hostname    ||   ||hostname(1)  || ||
||[[ifconfig]]    ||Yes||ifconfig(8)  || ||
||ipmaddr     ||   ||             || ||
||iptunnel    ||   ||             || ||
||mii-tool    ||   ||mii-tool(8)  || ||
||nameif      ||   ||nameif(8)    || ||
||netstat     ||   ||netstat(8)   || ||
||plipconfig  ||   ||netstat(8)   || ||
||rarp        ||   ||rarp(8)      || ||
||route       ||   ||route(8)     || ||
||slattach   ||   ||slattach(8)  || ||

=== 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. 

=== Binary 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]]
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]]

=== Also on this wiki ===


[[HowToWifiFromCommand|How to configure wifi from the commandline - Intro]]


=== External Links ===
https://wiki.linuxfoundation.org/networking/net-tools
[[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)]]

==Categories==
CategoryNetworking