Re: [gentoo-user] net-tools vs iproute2

2009-02-17 Thread Mike Kazantsev
On Tue, 17 Feb 2009 10:37:35 + Stroller wrote: > Hi there, > > Could I possibly draw on the combined wisdom of the list to explain > to me the difference between net-tools & iproute2, please? I'd quote wikipedia article, since it really explains what iproute2 is about: --- iproute2 is inte

[gentoo-user] net-tools vs iproute2

2009-02-17 Thread Stroller
Hi there, Could I possibly draw on the combined wisdom of the list to explain to me the difference between net-tools & iproute2, please? I have always used ifconfig for checking a computer's IP addresses. And, less frequently (since one normally sets such parameters in /etc/ conf.d/net or