Installed programs: ifstat, ip, nstat, routef, routel, rtmon, rtstat, ss, and tc.
Short Descriptions
- ifstat
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Shows the interfaces statistic, including the amount of transmitted and received packages by interface.
- ip
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The main executable. It has several different functions:
ip link [device] allows users to look at the state of devices and to make changes.
ip addr allows users to look at addresses and their properties, add new addresses, and delete old ones.
ip neighbor allows users to look at neighbor bindings and their properties, add new neighbor entries, and delete old ones.
ip rule allows users to look at the routing policies and change them.
ip route allows users to look at the routing table and change routing table rules.
ip tunnel allows users to look at the IP tunnels and their properties, and change them.
ip maddr allows users to look at the multicast addresses and their properties, and change them.
ip mroute allows users to set, change, or delete the multicast routing.
ip monitor allows users to continously monitor the state of devices, addresses and routes.
- nstat
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Shows network statistics.
- routef
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A component of ip route. This is for flushing the routing tables.
- routel
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A component of ip route. This is for listing the routing tables.
- rtmon
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Route monitoring utility.
- rtstat
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Route status utility
- ss
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Similar to the netstat command; shows active connections
- tc
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Traffic Controlling Executable; this is for Quality Of Service (QOS) and Class Of Service (COS) implementations
tc qdisc allows users to setup the queueing discipline
tc class allows users to setup classes based on the queuing discipline scheduling
tc estimator allows users to estimate the network flow into a network
tc filter allows users to setup the QOS/COS packet filtering
tc policy allows users to setup the QOS/COS policies