March 2021
Intermediate to advanced
400 pages
14h 24m
English
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Network Utilities
Network utilities are software programs and scripts designed to analyze or configure various aspects of computer networks. Many of these programs are Unix based and are run through command line interface (CLI) screens, but there are many commercial programs that package one or more for popular operating systems. The most commonly used network utilities are as follows:
- Ping—This is used to check for network connectivity and to determine whether a host can be reached over the network. Ping can also be used to measure the round-trip delay between hosts on a wired or wireless network.
- Traceroute and tracert—These Unix/Linux and Windows utilities, respectively, are used to trace the path taken between hosts on different subnets ...