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Linux Networking Commands

Every computer is connected to some other computer through a network whether internally or externally to exchange some information. This network can be small as some computers connected in your home or office, or can be large or complicated as in large University or the entire Internet.

Maintaining a system’s network is a task of System/Network administrator. Their task includes network configuration and troubleshooting.

Here is a list of Networking and Troubleshooting commands:

ifconfig	Display and manipulate route and network interfaces.
ip	It is a replacement of ifconfig command.
traceroute	Network troubleshooting utility.
tracepath	Similar to traceroute but doesn’t require root privileges.
ping	To check connectivity between two nodes.
netstat	Display connection information.
ss	It is a replacement of netstat.
dig	Query DNS related information.
nslookup	Find DNS related query.
route	Shows and manipulate IP routing table.
host	Performs DNS lookups.
arp	View or add contents of the kernel’s ARP table.
iwconfig	Used to configure wireless network interface.
hostname	To identify a network name.
curl or wget	To download a file from internet.
mtr	Combines ping and tracepath into a single command.
whois	Will tell you about the website’s whois.
ifplugstatus	Tells whether a cable is plugged in or not.

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