Connections
The Linux command line provides a powerful collection of utilities for configuring and troubleshooting network connections. This article rounds up some new and old networking commands.
Tools for configuring and troubleshooting network connectivity
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Linux and other Unix-based systems often offer several alternatives for solving a single problem. Although this approach can be confusing to some novice administrators, it is one of the defining features of the open source environment.
The networking tool collection is no exception to this practice. You'll find an array of useful tools – some overlapping and some unique – for configuring, managing, and troubleshooting network connections.
In this article, we highlight some favorite tools in the networking collection. Of course, a full description of the complete TCP/IP networking environment could fill a very long book. Here, we assume you have some basic knowledge of TCP/IP networking concepts such as routing, addressing, and name resolution.
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