Re: ifconfig network resolution

From	Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: ifconfig network resolution
Date	2017-06-13 12:30 +0200
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On 06/10/2017 09:09 PM, Andy Smith wrote:
> [snip]
> Even the net-tools maintainers in Debian have wanted it removed from
> the base install for more than 8 years now. I'm not saying they
> would refuse to fix documentation bugs, but the motivation may be
> very low at this point.
>
> Some more info:
>
>     https://lwn.net/Articles/710533/
>

Though as a computer _user_ I predate Dartmouth BASIC, I'm fairly new to 
Linux and as a "de facto" sysadmin for my own computers I'm as raw as 
they come.

Can you recommend a good introduction to iproute2 which ignores the 
existence of net-tools (start newbies with good habits)?
I find man pages a poor fit for what I'm looking for.
TIA

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ifconfig network resolution (Re: pointers to material for using  netbook's wireless as access point) Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-06-10 04:00 +0200
  Re: ifconfig network resolution (Re: pointers to material for using  netbook's wireless as access point) Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-06-10 08:50 +0200
  Re: ifconfig network resolution Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-06-10 09:00 +0200
    Re: ifconfig network resolution Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-06-10 12:20 +0200
      Re: ifconfig network resolution Pascal Hambourg <pascal@plouf.fr.eu.org> - 2017-06-10 13:20 +0200
        Re: ifconfig network resolution Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-06-10 16:40 +0200
          Re: ifconfig network resolution Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-06-10 17:00 +0200
            Re: ifconfig network resolution Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2017-06-10 22:10 +0200
              Re: ifconfig network resolution Cindy-Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2017-06-10 22:20 +0200
                Re: ifconfig network resolution Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2017-06-11 07:10 +0200
                Re: ifconfig network resolution Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-06-11 10:00 +0200
                Re: ifconfig network resolution Greg Wooledge <wooledg@eeg.ccf.org> - 2017-06-13 14:30 +0200
          Re: ifconfig network resolution Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-06-10 23:00 +0200
            Re: ifconfig network resolution Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-06-11 01:00 +0200
              Re: ifconfig network resolution Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-06-11 01:50 +0200
              Re: ifconfig network resolution Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2017-06-11 04:20 +0200
                Re: ifconfig network resolution Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-06-11 09:50 +0200
                Re: ifconfig network resolution Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-06-13 12:30 +0200
                Introductory iproute2 documentation (Was Re: ifconfig network  resolution) Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2017-06-13 14:40 +0200
                Re: Introductory iproute2 documentation (Was Re: ifconfig network  resolution) Richard Owlett <rowlett@cloud85.net> - 2017-06-13 16:50 +0200
  Re: ifconfig network resolution (Re: pointers to material for using  netbook's wireless as access point) Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-06-11 10:00 +0200
    Re: ifconfig network resolution (Re: pointers to material for using  netbook's wireless as access point) Joel Rees <joel.rees@gmail.com> - 2017-06-11 10:10 +0200
      Re: ifconfig network resolution (Re: pointers to material for using  netbook's wireless as access point) Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-06-11 10:20 +0200

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