Chapter 17. Command-Line Tools

THE FOLLOWING COMPTIA NETWORK+ EXAM OBJECTIVES ARE COVERED IN THIS CHAPTER:

  • 5.1 Given a scenario, select the appropriate command line interface tool and interpret the output to verify functionality

    • Traceroute

    • Ipconfig

    • Ifconfig

    • Ping

    • Arp ping

    • Arp

    • Nslookup

    • Hostname

    • Dig

    • Mtr

    • Route

    • Nbstat

    • Netstat

Most of us are running Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) Version 4 on our networks these days so we absolutely need a way to test IP connectivity. But we also need be able to test and verify IPv6 networks. The reason for this is that even though Microsoft makes the majority of client platforms, a lot of these commands ...

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