Documentation/devtools/maemo5/iputils

Description
iputils is a small collection of TCP/IP related utilities.

to monitor and test network functionality.
 * ping: is already provided on the device by BusyBox and it's a tool


 * arping: sends ARP requests to a host.

way. This is similar to [traceroute], but does not require superuser rights or offer fancy options.
 * tracepath: trace a path to a host discovering MTU along the

Packages
source: iputils

binary: iputils-ping, iputils-arping, iputils-tracepath

Usage Examples
To test if a host is in the network and responding to ping:


 * 1) ping host.name.net

Send four ARP requests to host:
 * 1) arping -c 4 host.name.net

Discover the path to www.maemo.org:
 * 1) tracepath www.maemo.org

Links
[arping man page](/development/documentation/man_pages/arping.html)

[tracepath man page](/development/documentation/man_pages/tracepath.html)