Networking commands
Networking is one of the important concepts when it come to hacking.
In this, section, we will cover a few network related commands that will be really handy when you work with a network, to gather information and much more.
Some commands you should know
ifconfig - it is similar to the windows command ipconfig. it show basic network details such as IP addresses, broadcast address, MAC address, and much more.
iwconfig - It is similar to the ifconfig command. it is more focused on only wireless network interface.
ping - It is usually used as a simple way to verify that a computer can communicate over the network with another computer or network device.
More commands
arp - It is used to find IP to MAC address mappings. ARP, which stands for address resolution protocol, is a protocol used to map a MAC address (or hardware address) to an IP address.
netstat - it delivers basic statistics on all network activities and inform users on which ports and address the corresponding connections (TCP,UDP) are running and which ports are open for tasks.
route - It fetches the routing table. it basically tells where all the network is actually routed.
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