iproute2 is a collection of
userspace utilities for controlling and monitoring various aspects of
networking in the
Linux kernel, including
routing, network interfaces, tunnels,
traffic control
Traffic management is a key branch within logistics. It concerns the planning control and purchasing of transport services needed to physically move vehicles (for example aircraft, road vehicles, rolling stock and watercraft) and freight.
Traffi ...
, and network-related
device drivers.
iproute2 is an
open-source project released under the terms of version 2 of the
GNU General Public License
The GNU General Public License (GNU GPL or simply GPL) is a series of widely used free software licenses that guarantee end users the four freedoms to run, study, share, and modify the software. The license was the first copyleft for general ...
. Its development is closely tied to the development of networking components of the Linux kernel. , iproute2 is maintained by Stephen Hemminger and David Ahern. The original author, Alexey Kuznetsov, was responsible for the
quality of service
Quality of service (QoS) is the description or measurement of the overall performance of a service, such as a telephony or computer network, or a cloud computing service, particularly the performance seen by the users of the network. To quantitat ...
(QoS) implementation in the Linux kernel.
iproute2 collection contains the following
command-line utilities:
''arpd'', ''bridge'', ''ctstat'', ''dcb'', ''devlink'', ''ip'', ''lnstat'', ''nstat'', ''rdma'', ''routef'', ''routel'', ''rtacct'', ''rtmon'', ''rtstat'', ''ss'', ''tc'' and ''tipc''
''
tc'' is used for
traffic control
Traffic management is a key branch within logistics. It concerns the planning control and purchasing of transport services needed to physically move vehicles (for example aircraft, road vehicles, rolling stock and watercraft) and freight.
Traffi ...
. iproute2 utilities communicate with the Linux kernel using the
netlink protocol. Some of the iproute2 utilities are often recommended over now-obsolete ''net-tools'' utilities that provide the same functionality.
Below is a table of obsolete utilities and their iproute2 replacements.
See also
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BusyBox
*
ethtool
ethtool is the primary means in Linux kernel-based operating systems (primarily Linux and Android) for displaying and modifying the parameters of network interface controllers (NICs) and their associated device driver software from application ...
*
TIPC
References
External links
*
Linux Advanced Routing and Traffic Control HOWTO- A tutorial in exploring and using iproute2.
- Complete official documentation.
- A collection of documents relating to iproute2 configuration and usage.
Linux network-related software
Linux configuration utilities
Linux-only free software
Routing
Internet Protocol based network software
Network performance
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