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Chapter 7SummaryFreeBSD has most of the network configuration and test utilities already installedwith the base system. The ifconfig(8) utility that was explained earlier in thischapter is the all-in-one tool used to configure network interfaces with differentlayer3 protocols. While most of the features were explained in this chapter, thereare also some major parts of the interface configuration. This will be covered in thenext chapters, which include Bridging, IPv6, and Point-to-Point interfaces includingtunnels and PPP.The base system also includes almost any tool that you would need to troubleshootyour network connectivity, ranging from the classic ping and traceroute to moremodern and complex tcpdump utilities. All these are supposed to help the systemadministrator in configuring the FreeBSD's network connectivity.[ 131 ]