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+---
+# devtools tasks/netdev.yml
+#
+# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2022 Open Networking Foundation <support@opennetworking.org>
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+- name: install tools used for network development and troubleshooting
+  apt:
+    name:
+      - arping
+      - ethtool
+      - git
+      - iperf
+      - iperf3
+      - ipvsadm
+      - python3-scapy
+      - tcpdump
+      - tcpreplay
+      - traceroute
+      - tshark
+    state: present
+    update_cache: true
+    cache_valid_time: 3600