What are the benefits of the iproute2 packages versus the older net-tools package?

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Issue

  • Since net-tools has been deprecated, what benefits does the iproute2 package?

Environment

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7

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