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=====Introduction===== | =====Introduction===== | ||
- | Iproute2 is a collection of utilities for controlling [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TCP|TCP]] / [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IP|IP]] networking and traffic control in Linux. It is currently maintained by Stephen Hemminger [[mailto:stephen@networkplumber.org|<stephen@networkplumber.org>]]. The original author, Alexey Kuznetsov, is well known for the QoS implementation in the Linux kernel. | + | Iproute2 is a collection of utilities for controlling [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transmission Control Protocol|TCP]] / [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet Protocol|IP]] networking and traffic control in Linux. It is currently maintained by Stephen Hemminger [[mailto:stephen@networkplumber.org|<stephen@networkplumber.org>]]. The original author, Alexey Kuznetsov, is well known for the QoS implementation in the Linux kernel. |
- | Most network configuration manuals still refer to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ifconfig|ifconfig]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/route|route]] as the primary network configuration tools, but ifconfig is known to behave inadequately in modern network environments. They should be deprecated, but most [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distributions|distros]] still include them. Most network configuration systems make use of ifconfig and thus provide a limited feature set. The [[:networking:etcnet|/etc/net]] project aims to support most modern network technologies, as it doesn't use ifconfig and allows a system administrator to make use of all iproute2 features, including traffic control. | + | Most network configuration manuals still refer to [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ifconfig|ifconfig]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/route (command)|route]] as the primary network configuration tools, but ifconfig is known to behave inadequately in modern network environments. They should be deprecated, but most [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_distributions|distros]] still include them. Most network configuration systems make use of ifconfig and thus provide a limited feature set. The [[:networking:etcnet|/etc/net]] project aims to support most modern network technologies, as it doesn't use ifconfig and allows a system administrator to make use of all iproute2 features, including traffic control. |
iproute2 is usually shipped in a package called iproute or iproute2 and consists of several tools, of which the most important are //ip// and //tc//. ip controls [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4|IPv4]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6|IPv6]] configuration and tc stands for traffic control. Both tools print detailed usage messages and are accompanied by a set of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_page_%28Unix%29|manpages]]. | iproute2 is usually shipped in a package called iproute or iproute2 and consists of several tools, of which the most important are //ip// and //tc//. ip controls [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv4|IPv4]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IPv6|IPv6]] configuration and tc stands for traffic control. Both tools print detailed usage messages and are accompanied by a set of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manual_page_%28Unix%29|manpages]]. | ||
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The current iproute2 source is maintained in the [[http://git-scm.com/|GIT]] repository. To get the current source use: | The current iproute2 source is maintained in the [[http://git-scm.com/|GIT]] repository. To get the current source use: | ||
- | <code> $ git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git</code> | + | <code> $ git clone -b main git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git</code> or |
+ | <code> $ git clone https://github.com/shemminger/iproute2.git</code> | ||
- | You can also browse the source online via [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git|gitweb]]. | + | You can also browse the source online via [[https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/network/iproute2/iproute2.git|kernel.org gitweb]] or [[https://github.com/shemminger/iproute2|github]] |
=====Documentation===== | =====Documentation===== | ||