Common Networking Commands Kali Linux

Networking is one of the important concepts when it comes to Hacking. In this section, we will cover a few network-related commands that will be really handy when you work with a network, to gather information and much more.

Kali Linux Network Commands

 Some commands you should know

ifconfig: It is similar to the windows command ipconfig. It shows basic network details such as IP addresses, broadcast address, mac address, and much more.

iwconfig:It is similar to the ifconfig command. It is more focussed on only wireless network interfaces.

ping: It is usually used as a simple way to verify that a computer can communicate over the network with another computer or network device.

More commands

arp: It is used to find IP to MAC address mappings. ARP, which stands for Address Resolution Protocol, is a protocol used to map a MAC address (or hardware address) to an IP address.

netstat: It delivers basic statistics on all network activities and informs users on which ports and addresses the corresponding connections (TCP UDP) are running and which ports are open for tasks.

route: It fetches the routing table. It basically tells where all the network is actually routed.

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