Networking

Question 1

Explain what netstat does.

Answer 1

Netstat is a networking utility that allows you to print network connections. It can show you what ports the server is listening on, specify TCP and UDP protocols. You can also show the route table with “netstat -r”.

My personal favorite command: “netstat -plaunt”

Question 2

Explain ifconfig

Answer 2

Prints the network interfaces, ipv4 and ipv6 addresses, subnet mask, mtu

Question 3

Name some commands that can be used in place of ifconfig.

Answer 3

ip addr, ip link