IP(7)

NAME

ip - Linux IPv4 protocol implementation

SYNOPSIS

   #include <sys/socket.h>
   #include <netinet/in.h>
   #include <netinet/ip.h> /* superset of previous */

   tcp_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
   udp_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_DGRAM, 0);
   raw_socket = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_RAW, protocol);

DESCRIPTION

Linux implements the Internet Protocol, version 4, described in RFC 791 and RFC 1122. ip contains a level 2 multicasting implementation conforming to RFC 1112. It also contains an IP router including a packet filter.

The programming interface is BSD-sockets compatible. For more information on sockets, see socket(7).