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Unix and Linux Networking Commands and Tools

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

biff: Notifies the system if mail arrives and who it is from.

comsat: Biff server to receive reports of incoming mail.

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

dnsdomainname: Show the systems DNS domain name

domainname: Show or set the systems domain name

ethtool : Show Ethernet interface.

expire: Used to purge old news articles.

finger: Display information about the system users.

ftp: File transfer program based on file transfer protocol.

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

ifdown: Shutdown a network interface.

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

ipchains: IP firewall administration used to set input, forward, and output rules.

metasend: Interface for sending non-text mail.

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.

nisdomainname: Show or set systems NIS/YP domain name

pftp: Same as ftp.

pine: Program for internet news and e-mail.

ping: Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts.

portmap: DARPA port to RPC program number mapper. Must be running to make RPC calls.

rarp: Manipulate the system's RARP table.

rcp: Remote file copy. Copies files between two machines.

rexec: Remote execution client for an exec server. The host uses the rexecd server.

ripquery: Query RIP gateways. Request all routes known by an RIP gateway by sending an RIP request.

rlogin: Starts a terminal session on a remote host.

rsh: Executes command on remote host.

rup: Displays summary of current system status of a remote host or all hosts on the network.

ruptime: Show host status of local machines.

rwhod: System status server, maintains database used by rwho and ruptime.

sendmail: A popular Unix, Linux mail message transfer agent.

showmount: Show mount information for an NFS server.

smail: A popular mail message transfer agent which is easier to set up than sendmail.

talk: Lets two parties talk simultaneously.

tcpd: Access control facility for internet services. Can be set up to monitor requests for Telnet, finger, ftp, exec, rsh, rlogin, tftp, talk, comsat.

tcpdchk: Tcp wrapper configuration checker.

tcpdmatch: Predicts how the tcp wrapper will handle a specific request for a service.

tcpdump: Dump traffic on a network. Prints out headers of packets that match the boolean expression.

telnet: Allows a user to have a login session across a network on a remote host.

traceroute: Print the route that packets take to the specified network host.

write: Allows users to directly interact with other users via terminal number.

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