LINUX AND WINDOWS NETWORK COMMANDS

IFCONFIG

Linux command. gets network configuration information. Used to retrieve IP.

IPCONFIG

Windows command. gets network configuration information. Gets IP. ipconfig/all: gets mac address

NETSTAT

LINUX AND WINDOWS IS THE SAME. Lists all /active/recent TCP connections.

PING

SAME ON LINUX AND WINDOWS. Traces communication to a remote device.

TRACEROUTE

LINUX COMMAND. Communicates with a remote device and TESTS the communication. Shoes network router in the pathway between your device and remote device

TRACERT

WINDOWS. Communicates with a remote device and TESTS the communication. Shoes network router in the pathway between your device and remote device

NSLOOKUP

SAME ON BOTH. Communicates with a DNS Server. Return either an IP address name, or the the IP address

ARP

SAME ON BOTH. Displays the MAC ADDRESS and the IP ADDRESS that is mapped to.

NMAP

SAME ON BOTH. Can be used by either the attacker and the administrator. Ports indicate installed networking services/apps that are listening to connections,

ROUTE

LINUX. to add/remove routes from the routing table

WHOIS

Linux. Communicates over the internet with a domain registry authority. shows domain registration info.