iproute2 vs net-tools

 iproute2 vs net-toolshttps://linoxide.com/iproute2-vs-net-tools/

iproute2 package contains utilities for controlling and monitoring networking, IP address, and routing. It is a modern replacement for net-tools.

Iproute2 is an open-source project mainly focussed on network components of the Linux kernel. The commonly used utilities inside iproute2 are ip, ss, and bridge.

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The below table shows the iproute2 and deprecated net-tools Linux commands.

iproute2	net-tools	Note
ip link show	ifconfig -a	Display all interfaces
ip link set down/up eth0	ifconfig eth0 up/down	Enable (UP)/Disable (DOWN) Network Interface
ip addr add 192.168.0.10/24 dev eth0	ifconfig eth0 192.168.0.10/24	Assign an IPv4 address to Network Interface
ip addr del 192.168.0.10/24 dev eth0	ifconfig eth0 0	Delete an IPv4 address from Network Interface
ip addr show dev eth0	ifconfig eth0	Display IPv4 address of a Network Interface
ip -6 addr add fe80::f0b7:57ff:fe2f:5f0d/64 dev eth1	ifconfig eth1 inet6 add fe80::f0b7:57ff:fe2f:5f0d/64	Assign an IPv6 address to a Network Interface
ip -6 addr show dev eth0	ifconfig eth0	Display IPv6 address of a Network Interface
ip link set dev eth0 address 02:42:20:d2:28:36	ifconfig eth0 hw ether 02:42:20:d2:28:36	Change the MAC Address of a Network Interface
ip route show	route -n	Show IP Routing Table
ip route add default via 192.168.0.1 dev eth0	route add default gw 192.168.0.1 eth0	Add a Default Route
ip route replace default via 192.168.0.1 dev enp0s3	route del default gw 192.168.0.1 enp0s3	Delete a Default Route
ip route add 10.24.32.0/24 via 192.168.0.1 dev enp0s3	route add -net 10.24.32.0/24 gw 192.168.0.1 dev enp0s3	Add a Static Route
ip route del 192.168.10.0/24	route del -net 192.168.10.0/24	Delete a Static Route
ss	netstat	Display socket - listening tcp/udp
arp -an	ip neigh	Display ARP Table
bridge	brctl	Manage bridge addresses and devices

iproute2 cheat sheet

Many Linux users still prefer to use legacy tools such as netstat, ifconfig, route etc. Iproute2 package tools are pretty faster and retrieve more information for example ss command is faster than netstat.