Article 5 minutes Networking Fundamentals

Networking Fundamental Commands

Basic Networking Commands, we will practice these in the next lab!

Command: hostname
What it does: Shows the name of your device

Command: ip addr
What it does: Shows the IP addresses connected to your device

Command: ping
What it does: Tests whether your device can reach another device or website

Command: nslookup
What it does: Finds the IP address connected to a website name

Command: curl
What it does: Sends a request to a website or application and displays its response

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