lfs-book-zh_CN/chapter06/iproute2.xml

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<sect1 id="ch-system-iproute2" role="wrap">
  <title>Iproute2-&iproute2-version;</title>
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  <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2">
    <primary sortas="a-iproute2">Iproute2</primary>
  </indexterm>
  <sect2 role="package">
    <title/>
    <para>The Iproute2 package contains programs for basic and advanced
          IPV4-based networking.
    </para>
    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&buildtime;</segtitle>
      <segtitle>&diskspace;</segtitle>
      <seglistitem>
        <seg>0.1 SBU</seg>
        <seg>.6 MB</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>
    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>&dependencies;</segtitle>
      <seglistitem>
        <seg>GCC, Glibc, Make, Linux-Headers, and Sed</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>
  </sect2>
  <sect2 role="installation">
    <title>Installation of Iproute2</title>
    <para>The <command>arpd</command> binary included in this package is
          dependent on Berkeley DB.  Because <command>arpd</command> is not a very
          common requirement on a base Linux system, remove the dependency on
          Berkeley DB by applying the patch using the command below.  If 
          the <command>arpd</command> binary is needed, instructions for
          compiling Berkeley DB can be found in the BLFS Book at <ulink
          url="&blfs-root;view/svn/content/databases.html#db"/>.
    </para>

    <screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../iproute2-&iproute2-patch-version;-remove_db-1.patch</userinput></screen>

<para>The patch below fixes the issue with the newer versions of
Findutils whose <command>find</command> command will report an error
message when its options are not in the proper order.</para>

<screen><userinput>patch -Np1 -i ../iproute2-&iproute2-patch-version;-find_update-1.patch</userinput></screen>


    <para>Prepare Iproute2 for compilation:</para>
    <screen><userinput>./configure </userinput></screen>

    <para>Compile the package:</para>

    <screen><userinput>make SBINDIR=/sbin</userinput></screen>

    <para>The meaning of the make option:</para>

    <variablelist>
    <varlistentry>
    <term><parameter>SBINDIR=/sbin</parameter></term>
    <listitem><para>This makes sure that the Iproute2 binaries will install into
      <filename class="directory">/sbin</filename>.  This is the correct
      location according to the FHS, because some of the Iproute2 binaries are used
      in the bootscripts.</para>
    </listitem>
    </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>

    <para>Install the package:</para>

    <screen><userinput>make SBINDIR=/sbin install</userinput></screen>
  </sect2>

  <sect2 id="contents-iproute2" role="content">
    <title>Contents of Iproute2</title>
    <segmentedlist>
      <segtitle>Installed programs</segtitle>
      <seglistitem>
        <seg>ifstat, ip, nstat, routef, routel, rtmon, rtstat, ss, and tc.</seg>
      </seglistitem>
    </segmentedlist>

    <variablelist><bridgehead renderas="sect3">Short Descriptions</bridgehead>
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      <varlistentry id="ifstat">
        <term>
          <command>ifstat</command>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Shows the interfaces statistic, including the amount of transmitted
                and received packages by interface.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ifstat">
            <primary sortas="b-ifstat">ifstat</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="ip">
        <term>
          <command>ip</command>
        </term>
        <listitem>

          <para>The main executable. It has several different functions:</para>

          <para><command>ip link <replaceable>[device]</replaceable></command>
                allows users to look at the state of devices and to make changes.
          </para>

          <para><command>ip addr</command> allows users to look at addresses and
                their properties, add new addresses, and delete old ones.
          </para>

          <para><command>ip neighbor</command> allows users to look at
		neighbor bindings and their properties, add new
		neighbor entries, and delete old ones.
          </para>

          <para><command>ip rule</command> allows users to look at the routing
                policies and change them.
          </para>

          <para><command>ip route</command> allows users to look at the routing
                table and change routing table rules.
          </para>

          <para><command>ip tunnel</command> allows users to look at the IP
                tunnels and their properties, and change them.
          </para>

          <para><command>ip maddr</command> allows users to look at the multicast
                addresses and their properties, and change them.
          </para>

          <para><command>ip mroute</command> allows users to set, change, or
                delete the multicast routing.
          </para>

          <para><command>ip monitor</command> allows users to
		continously monitor the state of devices, addresses and routes.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ip">
            <primary sortas="b-ip">ip</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="nstat">
        <term>
          <command>nstat</command>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Shows network statistics.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 nstat">
            <primary sortas="b-nstat">nstat</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="routef">
        <term>
          <command>routef</command>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>A component of <command>ip route</command>. This is for flushing the routing
                tables.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routef">
            <primary sortas="b-routef">routef</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="routel">
        <term>
          <command>routel</command>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>A component of <command>ip route</command>. This is for listing the routing
                tables.
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 routel">
            <primary sortas="b-routel">routel</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="rtmon">
        <term>
          <command>rtmon</command>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Route monitoring utility.</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtmon">
            <primary sortas="b-rtmon">rtmon</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="rtstat">
        <term>
          <command>rtstat</command>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Route status utility</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 rtstat">
            <primary sortas="b-rtstat">rtstat</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="ss">
        <term>
          <command>ss</command>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Similar to the <command>netstat</command> command; shows active connections</para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss">
            <primary sortas="b-ss">ss</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>

      <varlistentry id="tc">
        <term>
          <command>tc</command>
        </term>
        <listitem>
          <para>Traffic Controlling Executable; this is for Quality Of
Service (QOS) and Class Of Service (COS)
                implementations
          </para>

          <para><command>tc qdisc</command> allows users to setup the queueing
                discipline
          </para>

          <para><command>tc class</command> allows users to setup classes based on
                the queuing discipline scheduling
          </para>

          <para><command>tc estimator</command> allows users to estimate the
                network flow into a network
          </para>

          <para><command>tc filter</command> allows users to setup the QOS/COS
                packet filtering
          </para>

          <para><command>tc policy</command> allows users to setup the QOS/COS
                policies
          </para>
          <indexterm zone="ch-system-iproute2 ss">
            <primary sortas="b-tc">tc</primary>
          </indexterm>
        </listitem>
      </varlistentry>
    </variablelist>
  </sect2>
</sect1>