| Command |
Description |
| ifconfig -a |
Displays all network interface and set ip address |
| ifconfig eth0 |
Displays eth0 ethernet port ip address and details |
| ip addr show |
Display all network interfaces and ip addresses |
| ip address add 192.168.0.1 dev etho |
Sets ip address of eth0 device |
| ethtool eth0 |
Linux tool to show ethernet status |
| mii-tool eth0 |
Linux tool to show eth0 status |
| ping host |
Sends echo requests to the host to test ipv4 connection |
| whois domain |
Gets who is information for domain |
| dig domain |
Gets DNS nameserver information for domain |
| host google.com |
Lookup DNS ip address for the name |
| hostname -i |
Lookup local ip address |
| wget file |
Downloads file |
| netstat -tupl |
Lists all active listening ports |
| nslookup |
Resolves domain names to IP addresses |
| dig -x host |
Reverse lookup host |