                                README

                Information about the net-tools package                                
NET-TOOLS	A collection of programs that form the base set of the
		NET-3 networking distribution for the Linux operating
		system.

This package includes the important tools for controlling the network
subsystem of the Linux kernel.  This includes arp, hostname, ifconfig,
netstat, rarp and route.

Please include the output of "program --version" when reporting bugs.


Contents:
  
   README		This file.

   README.ipv6		Notes for people hacking IPv6.

   INSTALLING		Installation instructions.

   COPYING		Your free copy of the GNU Public License.

   TODO			Some things that need to be done.  Somebody
			ought to check how up to date this is.


                          Notes
                          -----

This is net-tools 1.421.  You need kernel 2.0 or later to use these programs.
These programs should compile cleanly with either glibc or libc5.

There is no NLS support in this distribution.  Apparently the files
are out of date. 

ipfw has been removed from the distribution.  Use ipfwadm instead; get
it at <ftp://ftp.xos.nl/pub/linux/ipfwadm/>.

arp requires the setting of a interface (-i) with newer kernels.  It is
important that the device for the proxy-arp is not the device through
which the destination will be reached.  This may happen if you use `arp'
before you use `route', or if you call `arp' to proxy for foreign hosts
on your ethernet.

route/netstat -r will not yet support different AF cleanly.  IPX/DDP/AX25
people, please feel free to add the code.

The documentation is slimmed down.  I think most of it was out of
date.


Phil Blundell
philb@gnu.ai.mit.edu
4th August 1997
