On Tue, Aug 15, 2006 at 02:20:05PM -0500, Matthew R. Dempsky wrote:
| On Sun, Aug 13, 2006 at 01:19:31PM -0400, Nick Guenther wrote:
| > I think you're looking for ifconfig(8). Wait, doesn't linux have
| > ifconfig? What's ip for?
|
| ip is from the iproute2 package. From the lartc.org manual, ``Why
| iproute2?''[1]:
|
| Most Linux distributions, and most UNIX's, currently use the
| venerable arp, ifconfig and route commands. While these tools work,
| they show some unexpected behaviour under Linux 2.2 and up. For
| example, GRE tunnels are an integral part of routing these days, but
| require completely different tools.
|
| With iproute2, tunnels are an integral part of the tool set.
|
| [1] http://lartc.org/howto/lartc.iproute2.html
"show some unexpected behaviour under Linux 2.2 and up"... Why not fix
that behaviour in stead of adding new and confusing tools ?
KISS
Paul 'WEiRD' de Weerd
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