Networking

Someone recently asked me what some of the more useful linux networking commands are and what some of the implementations are. Here is a compiled list for some of those commands:

(click continue reading below first before using the links… long page is long)
 
1. netstat
2. ping
3. traceroute
4. mtr
5. whois
6. finger
7. iptables
8. host
9. nslookup
10. ss
11. route

In my next post, I will be going over 10 more useful linux networking commands. I will be touching on:
ifconfig, iwconfig, ethtool, arp, tcpdump, tracepath, nmap, telnet and dig

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You can clear the arp cache using following commands: Current arp cache root@server [~]# arp -n Address HWtype HWaddress Flags Mask Iface 70.167.140.1 ether 00:00:0C:9F:F0:04 C eth0   Clearing arp…