Linux: Networking Commands

The list of Linux Networking commands are follows:

1. aria2 – downloading just about everything. Torrents included.
2. arpwatch – Ethernet Activity Monitor.
3. bmon – bandwidth monitor and rate estimator.
4. bwm-ng – live network bandwidth monitor.
5. curl – transferring data with URLs. (or try httpie)
6. darkstat – captures network traffic, usage statistics.
7. dhclient – Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Client
8. dig – query DNS servers for information.
9. dstat – replacement for vmstat, iostat, mpstat, netstat and ifstat.
10. ethtool – utility for controlling network drivers and hardware.
11. gated – gateway routing daemon.
12. host – DNS lookup utility.
13. hping – TCP/IP packet assembler/analyzer.
14. ibmonitor – shows bandwidth and total data transferred.
15. ifstat –  report network interfaces bandwidth.
16. iftop – display bandwidth usage.
17. ip (PDF file) – a command with more features that ifconfig (net-tools). [Windows: ipconfig]
18. iperf3 – network bandwidth measurement tool. (above screenshot Stacklinux VPS)
19. iproute2 – collection of utilities for controlling TCP/IP.
20. iptables – take control of network traffic.
21. IPTraf – An IP Network Monitor.
22. iputils – set of small useful utilities for Linux networking.
23. iw – a new nl80211 based CLI configuration utility for wireless devices.
24. jwhois (whois) – client for the whois service.
25. “lsof -i” – reveal information about your network sockets.
26. mtr – network diagnostic tool.
27. net-tools – utilities include: arp, hostname, ifconfig, netstat (same for Windows), rarp, route, plipconfig, slattach, mii-tool, iptunnel and ipmaddr.
28. ncat – improved re-implementation of the venerable netcat.
29. netcat – networking utility for reading/writing network connections.
30. nethogs – a small ‘net top’ tool.
31. Netperf – Network bandwidth Testing.
32. netplan – Netplan is a utility for easily configuring networking on a linux system.
33. netsniff-ng – Swiss army knife for daily Linux network plumbing.
34. netwatch – monitoring Network Connections.
35. ngrep – grep applied to the network layer.
36. nload – display network usage.
37. nmap – network discovery and security auditing.
38. nmcli – a command-line tool for controlling NetworkManager and reporting network status.
39. nmtui – provides a text interface to configure networking by controlling NetworkManager.
40. nslookup – query Internet name servers interactively.
41. ping – send icmp echo_request to network hosts.
42. route – show / manipulate the IP routing table.
43. slurm – network load monitor.
44. snort – Network Intrusion Detection and Prevention System.
45. smokeping –  keeps track of your network latency.
46. socat – establishes two bidirectional byte streams and transfers data between them.
47. speedometer – Measure and display the rate of data across a network.
48. speedtest-cli – test internet bandwidth using speedtest.net
49. ss – utility to investigate sockets.
50. ssh –  secure system administration and file transfers over insecure networks.
51. tcpdump – command-line packet analyzer.
52. tcptrack – Displays information about tcp connections on a network interface.
53. telnet – user interface to the TELNET protocol.
54. tracepath – very similar function to traceroute.
55. traceroute – print the route packets trace to network host. [Windows: tracert]
    
56. vnStat – network traffic monitor.
57. websocat – Connection forwarder from/to web sockets to/from usual sockets, in style of socat.
58. wget –  retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and FTPS.
59. Wireless Tools for Linux – includes iwconfig, iwlist, iwspy, iwpriv and ifrename.
60. Wireshark – network protocol analyzer. (Click Here for details)

Ref: https://haydenjames.io/linux-networking-commands-scripts/

Ref2: https://www.tecmint.com/linux-network-configuration-and-troubleshooting-commands/ (Very good representation )