Tag: network

show statistics of network card ‘eth0’ ethtool eth0

Show link status of ‘eth0’ mii-tool eth0

Lookup hostname to resolve name to ip address and viceversa nslookup www.example.com

Configure static route to reach network ‘192.168.0.0/16’ route add -net 192.168.0.0 netmask 255.255.0.0 gw 192.168.1.1

Configure the default gateway route add -net 0/0 gw IP_Gateway

active interface ‘eth0’ in dhcp mode dhclient eth0

Configure ‘eth0’ in promiscuous mode to gather packets (sniffing) ifconfig eth0 promisc

Configure IP Address using the ifconfig command ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0

Show configuration of an ethernet network card ifconfig eth0

show routing table route -n