Networking apps that are gaining ground

[jlst]

iproute2

http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collabor ... g/iproute2

Since 2009, the iproute2 package is a replacement for:

ifconfig route arp iptunnel nameif ...

iproute2 apps

arpd ctstat ifcfg ip nstat routel rtmon rtstat tc
bridge genl ifstat lnstat routef rtacct rtpr ss

See also:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iproute2
http://serverfault.com/questions/458628 ... g-ifconfig
https://tty1.net/blog/2010/ifconfig-ip- ... on_en.html
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/vie ... oute2.html
http://www.linuxfromscratch.org/lfs/vie ... oute2.html

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iw

https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/use ... ntation/iw

iw is a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless devices. It supports all new drivers that have been added to the kernel recently. The old tool iwconfig, which uses Wireless Extensions interface, is deprecated and it's strongly recommended to switch to iw and nl80211.

See also:
https://lwn.net/Articles/628531/
https://wireless.wiki.kernel.org/en/use ... e-iwconfig
https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/network/iw/
http://www.infradead.org/~tgr/libnl/

[gcmartin]

Puppy has the ip command for some time, now. But, I am not sure if modern PUPs use IProute2's current version. Sensing that most PUPs, excepting 1, uses Debian-Ubuntu/Slackware as base, I would hope that the latest version of IProute2 is present.

Thanks for ALL of the work you have and are doing in bringing PUP solutions for LAN (wired/wifi) and Sound!

Muchly needed and appreciated.

At some point, it is hopeful that PUPPY will get around to including DNSmasq as a standard item. This product provides much needed cross-road to where LANs needs are going.