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