iproute2 is a collection of

userspace A modern computer operating system usually segregates virtual memory into user space and kernel space. Primarily, this separation serves to provide memory protection and hardware protection from malicious or errant software behaviour. Kernel ...

utilities for controlling and monitoring various aspects of networking in the

Linux kernel The Linux kernel is a free and open-source, monolithic, modular, multitasking, Unix-like operating system kernel. It was originally authored in 1991 by Linus Torvalds for his i386-based PC, and it was soon adopted as the kernel for the GNU ope ...

, including

routing Routing is the process of selecting a path for traffic in a network or between or across multiple networks. Broadly, routing is performed in many types of networks, including circuit-switched networks, such as the public switched telephone netw ...

, 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 driver In computing, a device driver is a computer program that operates or controls a particular type of device that is attached to a computer or automaton. A driver provides a software interface to hardware devices, enabling operating systems and ...

s. iproute2 is an

open-source Open source is source code that is made freely available for possible modification and redistribution. Products include permission to use the source code, design documents, or content of the product. The open-source model is a decentralized sof ...

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 us ...

. 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 quantit ...

(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

. iproute2 utilities communicate with the Linux kernel using the

netlink Netlink is a socket family used for inter-process communication (IPC) between both the kernel and userspace processes, and between different userspace processes, in a way similar to the Unix domain sockets available on certain Unix-like opera ...

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.

References

External links

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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 {{Linux-stub

See also

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