5 ms·Are there not better C APIs to call that `ip` et al are wrapping?by alexchamberlain 6y agoAre there not better C APIs to call that `ip` et al are wrapping?vocram 6y agoYes, rtnerlink is used to configure networking via a netlink socket, and libnetlink provides an abstraction over sending raw datagrams.kortilla 6y agoYeah, netlinkfulafel 6y agoThey are low-level APIs, so strictly worse for the purpouse.