Ubuntu

Binary package “iproute” in ubuntu precise

  1. Precise (12.04)
  2. iproute

networking and traffic control tools

 The iproute suite, also known as iproute2, is a collection of
 utilities for networking and traffic control.
 .
 These tools communicate with the Linux kernel via the (rt)netlink
 interface, providing advanced features not available through the
 legacy net-tools commands 'ifconfig' and 'route'.

Source package