On 2011/6/9 Thomas S Hatch <thatch45@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Does netcfg still need net-tools? or can it be an opt depends? It was my > understanding that it only used ip unless specified otherwise. Actually, I think it only depends on net-tools because there is some obscure option that allows users to make it run ifconfig with certain options. Of course, it could be replaced by an option that runs ip with custom options... All the remaining things are indeed done with iproute2 Rémy.