Package: ifupdown-extra (0.14) [universe]

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Maintainer:

Ubuntu MOTU Developers (Mail Archive)

Please consider filing a bug or asking a question via Launchpad before contacting the maintainer directly.

Original Maintainer (usually from Debian):

Javier Fernandez-Sanguino Pen~a

It should generally not be necessary for users to contact the original maintainer.

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Network scripts for ifupdown

This package provides a set of network testing scripts to be used together with the ifupdown package. These scripts can:

  - check the network cable before an interface is configured.
  - test if an assigned IP address is already in use in the network.
  - test if default network gateways are reachable.
  - setup default static routes for interfaces.

This package also provides 'network-test', a script to test the network configuration status by checking:

  - Status of available interface.
  - Availability of configured gateway routes.
  - If host resolution is working properly (DNS checks).
  - If network connectivity is working, including ICMP and web connections to
    remote web servers.

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dep: host

virtual package provided by bind9-host
dep: iproute

networking and traffic control tools
dep: iputils-arping

Tool to send ARP Requests for an IP address

or arping

sends IP and/or ARP pings (to the MAC address)
dep: net-tools

The NET-3 networking toolkit
dep: netcat

TCP/IP swiss army knife -- transitional package
also a virtual package provided by netcat-openbsd, netcat-traditional
dep: ping

virtual package provided by inetutils-ping, iputils-ping

rec: ethtool

display or change Ethernet device settings

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