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command
ifconfig
ip addr show
route -n
ip route show
arp
ip neigh
plog
ping yahoo.com
whois yahoo.com
traceroute yahoo.com
tracepath yahoo.com
mtr yahoo.com
dig [@dns-server.com] example.com
[{a|mx|any}]
iptables -L -n
netstat -a
netstat -l --inet
netstat -ln --tcp
dlint example.com
description
display the link and address status of active interfaces
display the link and address status of active interfaces
display all the routing table in numerical addresses
display all the routing table in numerical addresses
display the current content of the ARP cache tables
display the current content of the ARP cache tables
display ppp daemon log
check the Internet connection to "yahoo.com"
check who registered "yahoo.com" in the domains database
trace the Internet connection to "yahoo.com"
trace the Internet connection to "yahoo.com"
trace the Internet connection to "yahoo.com" (repeatedly)
check DNS records of "example.com" by "dns-server.c
check packet filter
find all open ports
find listening ports
find listening TCP ports (numeric)
check DNS zone information of "example.com"
Table 5.16: List of low level network commands
packages
iftop
iperf
apt-spy
ifstat
bmon
ethstatus
bing
bwm-ng
ethstats
ipfm
popcon
@-@popcon1@@
@-@popcon1@@
@-@popcon1@@
@-@popcon1@@
@-@popcon1@@
@-@popcon1@@
@-@popcon1@@
@-@popcon1@@
@-@popcon1@@
@-@popcon1@@
size
description
@-@psize1@-@
display bandwidth usage information on an network interface
@-@psize1@-@
Internet Protocol bandwidth measuring tool
@-@psize1@-@
write a "/etc/apt/sources.list" file based on bandwidth tests
@-@psize1@-@
InterFace STATistics Monitoring
@-@psize1@-@
portable bandwidth monitor and rate estimator
@-@psize1@-@
script that quickly measures network device throughput
@-@psize1@-@
empirical stochastic bandwidth tester
@-@psize1@-@
small and simple console-based bandwidth monitor
@-@psize1@-@
console-based Ethernet statistics monitor
@-@psize1@-@
bandwidth analysis tool
Table 5.17: List of network optimization tools