Administering TCP/IP Networks

This chapter describes how to administer the TCP/IP protocol on systems that have Oracle Solaris installed. The tasks that are in this chapter assume that you have an operational TCP/IP network at your site, either IPv4-only or a dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 network.

For information about planning your network deployment, see Planning for Network Deployment in Oracle Solaris 11.2 .

For network configuration tasks, see Configuring and Administering Network Components in Oracle Solaris 11.2 .

For general information about troubleshooting TCP/IP networks, see Troubleshooting Network Administration Issues in Oracle Solaris 11.2 .

This chapter contains the following topics:

• Customizing TCP/IP Properties

• Enabling Packet Forwarding Globally

• Administering Default Address Selection

• Administering Transport Layer Services

• Monitoring Network Status With the netstat Command

• Performing TCP and UDP Administration With the netcat Utility

• Administering and Logging Network Status Displays

• Probing Remote Hosts With the ping Command

• Displaying Routing Information With the traceroute Command

• Analyzing Network Traffic With the TShark and Wireshark Analysers

• Monitoring Packet Transfers With the snoop Command

• Observing Network Traffic With the ipstat and tcpstat Commands