– ping : This command is used to test network connectivity. It sends a 32 bytes ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol) packet to the destination host. If the destination host is unreachable due to any issue, you will notice packet loss. ping is also used to check the network latency as it shows the RTT(Round Trip […]
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Linux Networking commands
– ifconfig : This utility is used to check the IP address assigned to each of the ethernet/interface : # ifconfig eth0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 1500 inet 172.17.0.1 netmask 255.255.0.0 broadcast 172.17.255.255 inet6 fe80::42:a2ff:fecb:2ba0 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link> ether 02:42:a2:cb:2b:a0 txqueuelen 0 (Ethernet) RX […]