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#!/bin/sh

# Set kernel parameters in /etc/sysctl.conf
cat << EOF > /etc/sysctl.conf
# Increase maximum number of open file descriptors
fs.file-max = 1000000

# Increase maximum number of inotify instances per user
fs.inotify.max_user_instances = 8192

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# IPv6 Configuration
# -> note that I have disabled ip6 for our internet-connection (wan/eth0) because
# -> my upstream/ISP (still) does not do IPv6. The rest, even localhost, does ip6 stuff.
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 0
net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 0
net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 0
net.ipv6.conf.eth0.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.wan.disable_ipv6 = 1

# Packet Forwarding

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Linux Performance Tweaks

Table of Contents

Reflector Mirrors (Arch Based Only)
Conifgure Pacman (Arch Based Only)
Makepkg Tweaks
Installing Yay (Arch Based Only)
Installing Pamac (Arch Based Only)
Performance Tweaks

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List of Linux networking tools

netstat (ss)

Displays contents of /proc/net files. It works with the Linux Network Subsystem, it will tell you what the status of ports are ie. open, closed, waiting, masquerade connections. It will also display various other things. It has many different options. Netstat (Network Statistic) command display connection info, routing table information etc. To displays routing table information use option as -r.

Sample output:

Proto Recv-Q Send-Q  Local Address          Foreign Address        (state)    
tcp4 0 0 127.0.0.1.62132 127.0.0.1.http ESTABLISHED