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Internet and network Commands
| ethtool | command to show if a network cable is plugged in e.a.
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| ftp | Used to establish a connection with a specified host using the File Transfer Protocol.
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| ifconfig | Displays/establishes information about the network interfaces.
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| ifup | Bring up network interface.
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| ifdown | Bring up network interface.
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| iptraf | Interactive IP LAN monitor
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| iwconfig | Displays/establishes information about the wireless interfaces.
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| ip | Used to manage IP network interfaces.
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| lsof | Command to show what processes are making use of a port e.a.
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| nmap | Command to show which ports are open e.a.
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| netstat | Displays information about the Linux networking subsystem.
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| nslookup | Looks up the numerical IP address of the specified host.
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| ping | Sends a packet to a designated address and waits for a response.
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| route | Configure IP4 routing
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| scp | Copy files over the network.
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| showmount | Displays the Network Filesystem mounts available.
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| smbclient | Launches an interactive samba utility which resembles ftp.
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| smbmount | Mounts a remote Samba service at the specified mount point.
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| smbumount | Unmounts the specified Samba mount point.
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| ssh | Control a remote computer over the network.
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| telnet | Opens a terminal window on the remote host and starts an interactive session.
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| traceroute | Prints the route that packets take to network host
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| wvdial | Initiates a PPP dial-up connection.
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