Chapter 23

Network Software Tools and Commands

This chapter covers the following topics related to Objective 5.3 (Given a scenario, use the appropriate network software tools and commands) of the CompTIA Network+ N10-008 certification exam:

  • Software tools

    • WiFi analyzer

    • Protocol analyzer/packet capture

    • Bandwidth speed tester

    • Port scanner

    • iperf

    • NetFlow analyzers

    • Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) server

    • Terminal emulator

    • IP scanner

  • Command line tool

    • ping

    • ipconfig/ifconfig/ip

    • nslookup/dig

    • traceroute/tracert

    • arp

    • netstat

    • hostname

    • route

    • telnet

    • tcpdump

    • nmap

  • Basic network platform commands

    • show interface

    • show config

    • show route

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