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Internet and network Commands
| ftp | Used to establish a connection with a specified host using the File Transfer Protocol. |
| ifconfig | Displays/establishes information about the network interfaces. |
| ifup | Bring up network interface. |
| ifdown | Bring up network interface. |
| iwconfig | Displays/establishes information about the wireless interfaces. |
| ip | Used to manage IP network interfaces. |
| links | Launches the text-based web browser (links). |
| lynx | Launches the text-based web browser (lynx). |
| netstat | Displays information about the Linux networking subsystem. |
| nslookup | Looks up the numerical IP address of the specified host. |
| ping | Sends a packet to a designated address and waits for a response. |
| route | Configure IP4 routing |
| showmount | Displays the Network Filesystem mounts available. |
| smbclient | Launches an interactive samba utility which resembles ftp. |
| smbmount | Mounts a remote Samba service at the specified mount point. |
| smbstatus | Displays the current Samba connections. |
| smbumount | Unmounts the specified Samba mount point. |
| telnet | Opens a terminal window on the remote host and starts an interactive session. |
| traceroute | Prints the route that packets take to network host |
| wvdial | Initiates a PPP dial-up connection. |
| wvdialconf | Probes for a modem connected to your system. |

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