Wednesday, November 6, 2013

Network Management Commands in Linux


Network Management Commands in Linux

§  dnsdomainname Show the systems DNS domain name

§  hostname Used to show or set the name of your machine for networking

§  nisdomainname Show or set systems NIS/YP domain name

§  ypdomainname Show or set the system's NIS/YP domain name

§  arp This program lets the user read or modify their arp cache.

§  dig Send domain name query packets to name servers for debugging or testing.

§  finger Display information about the system users. Ex: finger Deepak

§  ftp File transfer program. (ftp <remote system name/ip)

§  ifconfig Configure a network interface. Ex:
          ifconfig eth0 address 172.31.2.2 netmask 255.255.0.0

§  ifdown Shutdown a network interface. Ex: ifdown eth0

§  ifup Brings a network interface up. Ex: ifup eth0

§  netconf A GUI interactive program to let you configure a network on Redhat systems.

§  netconfig Another GUI step by step network configuration program.

§  netstat Displays information about the systems network connections, including port connections, routing tables, and more. The command "netstar -r" will display the routing table. (netsat –rn)

§  nslookup Used to query DNS servers for information about hosts.

§  ping Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts. (ping <remote-host-name/ip)

§  route Show or manipulate the IP routing table. (route, route add, route del)

§  showmount Show mount information for an NFS server.

§  ssh Secure Login (ssh <remote system name/ip>)

§  tcpdump Dump traffic on a network. Prints out headers of packets that match the boolean expression. (tcpdump eth0)

§  telnet User interface to the TELNET protocol, setting up a remote console session. (telnet <remote system name/ip>)

§  traceroute Print the route that packets take to the specified network host. (traceroute <remote system name/ip>)

Communications commands (includes mail)

§  elm Electronic mail.

§  pine Program for internet news and e-mail, Can send documents, graphics, local & remote messages.

§  talk Lets two parties talk simultaneously.

§  mail To send a mail

Network Management Commands in Linux


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