Netkit-base

Official Download Location

Netkit-base (0.17): 
ftp://ftp.uk.linux.org/pub/linux/Networking/netkit/

Contents of Netkit-base

Last checked against version 0.17.

The Netkit-base package contains two network-related tools: ping, which determines the response time of ICMP packets, and the inet daemon, which listens for port requests and assigns these requests to the appropriate programs.

Netkit-base installs the following:

Program Files

inetd and ping

Descriptions

Last checked against version 0.17.

Program file descriptions

inetd

inetd is the mother of all daemons. It listens for connections and transfers the call to the appropriate daemon.

ping

ping sends ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to a host and determines its response time.

Netkit-base Installation Dependencies

Last checked against version 0.17.

Bash: sh
Binutils: as, ld, strip
Fileutils: cp, install, rm
Make: make
Gcc: cc1, collect2, cpp0, gcc
Sed: sed
Sh-utils: date
Textutils: cat