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Linux Networking commands
This page contains a large list of Linux networking commands and links to more elaborate documentation.
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Links to Linux networking commands: explanations and examples
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Linux network commands
Linux basic networking commands
Networking commands
| Command | Description |
|---|---|
| aria2 | downloading just about everything. Torrents included. |
| arpwatch | Ethernet Activity Monitor. |
| bmon | bandwidth monitor and rate estimator. |
| bwm-ng | live network bandwidth monitor. |
| curl | transferring data with URLs. (or try httpie) |
| darkstat | captures network traffic, usage statistics. |
| dhclient | Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client |
| dig | query DNS servers for information. |
| dstat | replacement for vmstat, iostat, mpstat, netstat and ifstat. |
| ethtool | utility for controlling network drivers and hardware. |
| gated | gateway routing daemon. |
| host | DNS lookup utility. |
| hping | TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer. |
| ibmonitor | shows bandwidth and total data transferred. |
| ifstat | report network interfaces bandwidth. |
| iftop | display bandwidth usage. |
| ip (PDF file) | a command with more features that ifconfig (net-tools). |
| iperf3 | network bandwidth measurement tool. (above screenshot Stacklinux VPS) |
| iproute2 | collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP. |
| iptables | take control of network traffic. |
| IPTraf | An IP Network Monitor. |
| iputils | set of small useful utilities for Linux networking. |
| iw | a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless devices. |
| jwhois (whois) | client for the whois service. |
| lsof -i | reveal information about your network sockets. |
| mtr | network diagnostic tool. |
| ncat | improved re-implementation of the venerable netcat. |
| netcat | networking utility for reading/writing network connections. |
| nethogs | a small ‘net top’ tool. |
| Netperf | Network bandwidth Testing. |
| netplan | Netplan is a utility for easily configuring networking on a linux system. |
| netsniff-ng | Swiss army knife for daily Linux network plumbing. |
| net-tools | utilities include: arp, hostname, ifconfig, netstat, rarp, route, etc. |
| netwatch | monitoring Network Connections. |
| ngrep | grep applied to the network layer. |
| nload | display network usage. |
| nmap | network discovery and security auditing. |
| nmcli | a command-line tool for controlling NetworkManager and reporting network status. |
| nmtui | provides a text interface to configure networking by controlling NetworkManager. |
| nslookup | query Internet name servers interactively. |
| ping | send icmp echo_request to network hosts. |
| route | show / manipulate the IP routing table. |
| slurm | network load monitor. |
| smokeping | keeps track of your network latency. |
| snort | Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention System. |
| socat | establishes two bidirectional byte streams and transfers data between them. |
| speedometer | Measure and display the rate of data across a network. |
| speedtest-cli | test internet bandwidth using speedtest.net |
| ss | utility to investigate sockets. |
| ssh | secure system administration and file transfers over insecure networks. |
| tcpdump | command-line packet analyzer. |
| tcptrack | Displays information about tcp connections on a network interface. |
| telnet | user interface to the TELNET protocol. |
| tracepath | very similar function to traceroute. |
| traceroute | print the route packets trace to network host. |
| vnStat | network traffic monitor. |
| websocat | Connection forwarder from/to web sockets to/from usual sockets, in style of socat. |
| wget | retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS. |
| Wireless Tools for Linux | includes iwconfig, iwlist, iwspy, iwpriv and ifrename. |
| Wireshark | network protocol analyzer. |