Section G.4. Network Management and Configuration

Table G-4 shows differences in Linux and Solaris network management and configuration tasks.

Table G-4. ^[*] Network Management and Configuration Tasks
Task	Solaris	Linux
Run multiple tasks in a GUI environment	N/A	`system-config-network` in RHEL, `yast2` in SLES
Configure TCP/IP	Edit the following files: /etc/hostname.^[] /etc/inet/^[] /etc/defaultrouter /etc/defaultdomain /etc/nodename /etc/netmasks	RHEL: /etc/sysconfig/network and/etc/sysconfig/networking/^[] SLES: /etc/sysconfig/network/^[]
Display interface settings	`ifconfig`	`ip ifconfig`
Display interface status and statistics	`netstat -i`	`netstat -i ifconfig`
Configure interface	`ifconfig`	`ip ifconfig`
Check various network statistics	`netstat`	`netstat`
Change resolver	vi /etc/resolv.conf	vi /etc/resolv.conf
Configure name services	vi /etc/nsswitch.conf	vi /etc/nsswitch.conf
Display kernel network parameters	`ndd /dev/ip \? ndd /dev/tcp \?`	`sysctl -a \| grep ^net`
Configure kernel network parameters	`ndd`	`sysctl -w variable=value`
Check for network link	`ndd`	`ethtool mii-tool`
Rename a network interface	N/A	`ip`
Check routing table	`netstat -r`	`netstat -r route`
Test for connectivity	`ping`	`ping`
Check IP path	`traceroute`	`traceroute`
Capture network packets	`snoop`	`tcpdump tethereal ethereal`

^[*] Table A-6 of IBM Redbook