Basic Networking Commands in Linux

Ifconfig Your connection to a network is made by your system through a particular hardware interface such as an Ethernet card of a modem. Data passing through this interface is then routed to your network. The ifconfig command configures your network interfaces and the route command sets up the network connections accordingly. Ifconfig is used to configure the kernel-resident network interfaces.It is used at boot time to set up interfaces as necessary. If no arguments [...]