{"id":21670,"date":"2017-03-06T07:30:51","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T13:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/?p=21670"},"modified":"2022-06-03T03:42:16","modified_gmt":"2022-06-03T08:42:16","slug":"6-basic-network-commands-in-linux","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/6-basic-network-commands-in-linux\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Basic Network Commands in Linux"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-21679 alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/basic-linux-network-commands.jpg\" alt=\"network commands in linux\" width=\"1200\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In this tutorial, we will show you some basic network commands in Linux, which can be useful when troubleshooting networking problems with other servers both within the network and across the Internet, obtaining more information about other servers.<br \/>\n<!--more--><\/p>\n<h3>Today we are going to cover\u00a06 Basic Network Commands in Linux<\/h3>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_65 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662e56802336c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"ez-toc-cssicon\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-662e56802336c\"  aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/6-basic-network-commands-in-linux\/#1-PING-COMMAND\" title=\"1. PING COMMAND\">1. PING COMMAND<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/6-basic-network-commands-in-linux\/#2-NETSTAT-COMMAND\" title=\"2. NETSTAT COMMAND\">2. NETSTAT COMMAND<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/6-basic-network-commands-in-linux\/#3-TRACEROUTE-COMMAND\" title=\"3. TRACEROUTE COMMAND\">3. TRACEROUTE COMMAND<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/6-basic-network-commands-in-linux\/#4-HOSTNAME-COMMAND\" title=\"4. HOSTNAME COMMAND\">4. HOSTNAME COMMAND<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/6-basic-network-commands-in-linux\/#5-ROUTE-COMMAND\" title=\"5. ROUTE COMMAND\">5. ROUTE COMMAND<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/6-basic-network-commands-in-linux\/#6-DIG-COMMAND\" title=\"6. DIG COMMAND\">6. DIG COMMAND<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"1-PING-COMMAND\"><\/span>1. PING COMMAND<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The ping command sends ICMP echo requests to the server you specify on the command line, and is used to quickly test network connectivity to another server. If the packets are received, the destination device sends packets back:<\/p>\n<pre># ping 192.168.1.2\r\nPING 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2) 56(84) bytes of data.\r\n64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=0.141 ms\r\n64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=0.136 ms\r\n64 bytes from 192.168.1.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=0.109 ms<\/pre>\n<p>Please note, ping is not a reliable way to test network connectivity because many servers block ICMP echo packets by default, so if some server is not responding to pings, it doesn&#8217;t always mean it is down or unavailable.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"2-NETSTAT-COMMAND\"><\/span>2. NETSTAT COMMAND<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Netstat (Network Statistic) command display network connections to and from the server, routing tables, networking interface statistics, masquerade connections etc. The netstat command has been replaced with ss. The command-line parameters are almost identical.<\/p>\n<pre>netstat -tunlp | less\r\n\r\nActive Internet connections (servers and established)\r\nProto Recv-Q Send-Q Local Address\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Foreign Address\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 State\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 PID\/Program name\r\ntcp\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0 0.0.0.0:22\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.0.0.0:*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LISTEN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15501\/sshd\r\ntcp\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0 0.0.0.0:80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.0.0.0:*\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 LISTEN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 29709\/httpd<\/pre>\n<p>-t \u00a0 List all tcp ports;<br \/>\n-u\u00a0\u00a0 List all udp ports;<br \/>\n-n\u00a0\u00a0 Show numerical addresses instead of trying to determine symbolic host;<br \/>\n-l\u00a0\u00a0 Show only listening sockets;<br \/>\n-p\u00a0\u00a0 Show the PID and name of the program to which each socket belongs.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3-TRACEROUTE-COMMAND\"><\/span>3. TRACEROUTE COMMAND<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/use-traceroute-to-identify-network-problems-in-linux\/\"><strong>Traceroute<\/strong><\/a> is a network troubleshooting command which will show the route of a packet to the destination server (the number of hops) and response time to get to the destination server.<\/p>\n<pre># traceroute 192.168.1.2\r\ntraceroute to 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2), 30 hops max, 60 byte packets\r\n1\u00a0 192.168.1.2 (192.168.1.2)\u00a0 0.471 ms\u00a0 0.401 ms\u00a0 0.402 ms<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"4-HOSTNAME-COMMAND\"><\/span>4. HOSTNAME COMMAND<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0hostname command shows the host name of the server, and it is also used to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/how-to-change-the-hostname-on-centos-and-ubuntu\/\">set (or change) the server hostname<\/a>:<\/p>\n<pre># hostname\r\ntest.com<\/pre>\n<p>To set a new hostname for the server use:<\/p>\n<pre>#sudo hostname new-hostname.com<\/pre>\n<pre># hostname\r\nnew-hostname.com<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"5-ROUTE-COMMAND\"><\/span>5. ROUTE COMMAND<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The\u00a0route command is a network utility used to display or modify the routing table.<\/p>\n<pre># route\r\nKernel IP routing table\r\nDestination\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gateway\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Genmask\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Flags Metric Ref\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Use Iface\r\n192.168.1.0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 255.255.255.0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 U\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0 eth0\r\nlink-local\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 *\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 255.255.0.0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 U\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 1002\u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0 eth0\r\ndefault\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 192.168.1.1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0.0.0.0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 UG\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 0 eth0<\/pre>\n<p>To add a new route use:<\/p>\n<pre># route add -net 172.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0\r\n<\/pre>\n<p>To delete a route use:<\/p>\n<pre># route del -net 172.0.0.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 dev eth0<\/pre>\n<p>To delete the default gateway and add a new gateway as the default use:<\/p>\n<pre># route delete default gw 192.168.1.1 eth0<\/pre>\n<pre># route add default gw 192.168.10.254 eth0<\/pre>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"6-DIG-COMMAND\"><\/span>6. DIG COMMAND<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Dig (domain information groper) is a useful tool for network troubleshooting, primarily used to query <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/blog\/what-is-dns-and-how-does-it-work\/\">DNS<\/a> related information like A Record, CNAME, NS, MX Records etc.<\/p>\n<pre># dig google.com\r\n\r\n; &lt;&lt;&gt;&gt; DiG 9.8.2rc1-RedHat-9.8.2-0.47.rc1.el6_8.4 &lt;&lt;&gt;&gt; google.com\r\n;; global options: +cmd\r\n;; Got answer:\r\n;; -&gt;&gt;HEADER&lt;&lt;- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 25916\r\n;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 4, ADDITIONAL: 4\r\n\r\n;; QUESTION SECTION:\r\n;google.com.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A\r\n\r\n;; ANSWER SECTION:\r\ngoogle.com.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 106\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 IN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 216.58.216.78\r\n\r\n;; AUTHORITY SECTION:\r\ngoogle.com.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 33959\u00a0\u00a0 IN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ns4.google.com.\r\ngoogle.com.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 33959\u00a0\u00a0 IN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ns3.google.com.\r\ngoogle.com.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 33959\u00a0\u00a0 IN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ns2.google.com.\r\ngoogle.com.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 33959\u00a0\u00a0 IN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 NS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 ns1.google.com.\r\n\r\n;; ADDITIONAL SECTION:\r\nns3.google.com.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 206816\u00a0 IN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 216.239.36.10\r\nns4.google.com.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 206816\u00a0 IN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 216.239.38.10\r\nns2.google.com.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 206816\u00a0 IN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 216.239.34.10\r\nns1.google.com.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 206816\u00a0 IN\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 216.239.32.10\r\n\r\n;; Query time: 0 msec\r\n;; SERVER: 209.135.140.42#53(209.135.140.42)\r\n;; WHEN: Sun Mar\u00a0 5 18:37:21 2017\r\n;; MSG SIZE\u00a0 rcvd: 180<\/pre>\n<p>Of course, you don\u2019t have to know Network Commands in Linux if you use one of our <a title=\"Linux VPS Hosting\" href=\"https:\/\/www.rosehosting.com\/managed-vps-hosting.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ultra-Fast SSD Hosting<\/a> services, in which case you can simply ask our expert Linux admins to troubleshoot any networking problems for you, or to help you with the\u00a0Network Commands in Linux. 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