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Explore essential network tools for TCP/IP interface configuration, MAC address lookup, IP host reachability tests, routing table displays, DNS queries, secure file transfers, and more. Enhance your networking skills efficiently!
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Network Tools • TCP/IP interface configuration query - MAC (HW) address and IP address • Linux - /sbin/ifconfig • MS Windows – ipconfig/all
Network Tools • MAC – IP address resolution - finding the MAC address of a „Net-neighbours“ • arp utility - display the content of ARP cache (ARP table)
Network Tools • IP host reachability test – ping [hostname]. • Measuring the round-trip time for messages sent from the originating host to a destination computer.
NetworkTools • Routing table display • Linux - route • MS Windows – route print • Linux, MS Windows - netstat -r
Network Tools • Diagnostic tool for displaying the route (path) and measuring transit delays of packets across an IP network. • Linux – traceroute [hostname] • MS Windows – tracert [hostname]
Network Tools • Query Internet name servers interactively or non-interactively (DNS lookup utility) • nslookup (Linux, MS Windows)
Network Tools DomainNameSystem (DNS) DNS querysites • http://who.is/dns/ • http://dnsquery.org/ • https://www.easywhois.com/
NetworkTools • Secure transfer file from/to a remote host • Linux – scp [[user@]host1:]file1 [[user@]host2:]file2 • MS Windows – winscp program • Logging to the remote host • Linux – ssh [user@]hostname [command] • MS Windows – putty program