Commands Flashcards
Identify which use cases correspond with commands
ping and traceroute/tracert
Ping: Used for checking connectivity between devices.
Traceroute/Tracert: Used for tracing the path between the source and destination.
ipconfig ifconfig and nbstat
Check and refresh TCP/IP network configurations on Windows using ipconfig and on Linux/OS X using ifconfig.
Used to view the current connections and statistics for devices communicating using the NetBIOS over TCP/IP protocol
nslookup and dig
Nslookup: Used for DNS queries.
Dig: Similar to nslookup, used for DNS queries (more common in Linux/OS X environments).
arp
Used for viewing and modifying ARP cache entries.
route
Used for viewing and manipulating routing tables.
netstat
Used for displaying active network connections and statistics.
nmap
Used for network discovery and security scanning.
ip
Ip (Linux/OS X): Used for configuring network interfaces.
hostname
Used for viewing the hostname of the system.
telnet
Used for establishing connections to network devices (often disabled due to security concerns).
tcpdump
tcpdump: Used for capturing and analyzing network packets.
show interface
Cisco Network Platform Command - Displays statistics for the network interfaces on the device.
show config
Cisco Network Platform Command - Displays the current configuration of the system to the screen.
show route
Cisco Network Platform Command - Displays the current state of the routing table on the device.
