60 Linux Networking commands and scripts

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Recently, I wanted to test network throughput via command line with at least 3 tools. For the life of me, I could not remember iperf. Not being able to remember previously used command line tools is frustrating and something we can all relate to. So I created a go-to list of network tools for myself.…

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There is a lot here to look over. I will have to check into this more when I have time. I used to do this a lot. Loved working with commands and scripts and trying different things out.

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Great list. I’ve used smokeping in my early years with Linux to monitor my wan interface. It was great but I recently moved to uptimeKuma to monitor my internet and other docker apps.

I also used snort via pfsense but man, things were always being blocked, so I only placed it in monitoring mode :sweat_smile::sweat_smile::sweat_smile:

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Also consider these:

  1. NetworkManager – for network management and configuration.
  2. Bird – An Internet routing daemon which supports multiple routing protocols.
  3. tshark – The command-line version of Wireshark, for network protocol analysis in a terminal.