Safest way to replace firmware unix utils?

[SnakeByte]

Is there an entware package that includes a more beefy version of netstat or a package that contains the ss utility?

Oddly, these exists:
https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/blob/master/release/src/router/iproute2-3.x/man/man8/ss.8
https://github.com/RMerl/asuswrt-merlin/blob/master/release/src/router/iproute2-3.x/misc/ss.c

Does that mean there's a way to compile the utility I need and somehow include it?

Or barring that, is there a way to expose the tcp/ip protocol statistics on an asuswrt router?

 

[RMerlin]

Look at the various net-tools-* packages on Entware.

admin@Stargate88:/tmp/home/root# opkg find net-*
net-tools-arp - 1.60-3 - Program arp from net-tools. Manipulate kernel's ARP cache.
 Add, delete an entry, or to dump the entire cache.
net-tools-hostname - 1.60-3 - Program hostname from net-tools.
 Reports or sets the name of the current host system.
net-tools-ifconfig - 1.60-3 - Program ifconfig from net-tools.
 Configure network interfaces.
net-tools-ipmaddr - 1.60-3 - Program ipmaddr from net-tools.  Adds,
 deletes and shows an interface's multicast addresses.
net-tools-iptunnel - 1.60-3 - Program iptunnel from net-tools.
 Adds, changes, deletes and shows an interface's tunnels.
net-tools-mii-tool - 1.60-3 - Program mii-tool from net-tools.  Checks or sets
 the status of a network interface's Media Independent
 Interface (MII) unit.
net-tools-nameif - 1.60-3 - Program nameif from net-tools
 Trivial File Transfer Protocol server.
net-tools-netstat - 1.60-3 - Program netstat from net-tools. Report network
 connections, routing tables, and interface statistics.
net-tools-nisdomainname - 1.60-3 - Program nisdomainname from net-tools.
 Same as domainname.
net-tools-plipconfig - 1.60-3 - Program plipconfig from net-tools.  Fine tune the
 PLIP device parameters, to improve its performance.
net-tools-rarp - 1.60-3 - Program rarp from net-tools.
 Manipulate the kernel's RARP table.
net-tools-slattach - 1.60-3 - Program slattach from net-tools.  Attaches a
 network interface to a serial line. This allows
 to use normal terminal lines for point-to-point
 links to other computers.
net-tools-ypdomainname - 1.60-3 - Program route from net-tools.
 Same as domainname.
admin@Stargate88:/tmp/home/root# opkg find net-tools*
net-tools-arp - 1.60-3 - Program arp from net-tools. Manipulate kernel's ARP cache.
 Add, delete an entry, or to dump the entire cache.
net-tools-hostname - 1.60-3 - Program hostname from net-tools.
 Reports or sets the name of the current host system.
net-tools-ifconfig - 1.60-3 - Program ifconfig from net-tools.
 Configure network interfaces.
net-tools-ipmaddr - 1.60-3 - Program ipmaddr from net-tools.  Adds,
 deletes and shows an interface's multicast addresses.
net-tools-iptunnel - 1.60-3 - Program iptunnel from net-tools.
 Adds, changes, deletes and shows an interface's tunnels.
net-tools-mii-tool - 1.60-3 - Program mii-tool from net-tools.  Checks or sets
 the status of a network interface's Media Independent
 Interface (MII) unit.
net-tools-nameif - 1.60-3 - Program nameif from net-tools
 Trivial File Transfer Protocol server.
net-tools-netstat - 1.60-3 - Program netstat from net-tools. Report network
 connections, routing tables, and interface statistics.
net-tools-nisdomainname - 1.60-3 - Program nisdomainname from net-tools.
 Same as domainname.
net-tools-plipconfig - 1.60-3 - Program plipconfig from net-tools.  Fine tune the
 PLIP device parameters, to improve its performance.
net-tools-rarp - 1.60-3 - Program rarp from net-tools.
 Manipulate the kernel's RARP table.
net-tools-slattach - 1.60-3 - Program slattach from net-tools.  Attaches a
 network interface to a serial line. This allows
 to use normal terminal lines for point-to-point
 links to other computers.
net-tools-ypdomainname - 1.60-3 - Program route from net-tools.
 Same as domainname.

Asuswrt only uses the "tc" and "ip" tools from iproute2. The rest is from Busybox.

 

[SnakeByte]

Thanks! net-tools-netstat had what I needed.