In this section we are going to learn about Networking and other networking tools in Linux.
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~/Desktop]
└─$ ip route show
ip route show command gives us our routing table details. Gateway IP Address/router ip address and our machine's ip address as well.
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~/Desktop]
└─$ ip addr
ip addr shows the ip address of the machine in the current session. You can find the address mentioned in the ethernet section, mine is showing in eth0.
To display machine ip details we can also use ifconfig command. We need the inet address.
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~/Desktop]
└─$ ifconfig | grep "inet"
netstat command is used to print Network Connections, routing tables, interface statistic.
To display routing table information use the below command. netstat -r command gives us details or information about the routing table.
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~/Desktop]
└─$ netstat -r
netstat -l command is used to listen to open ports which means the device is waiting for connections or listening for incoming traffic applications and processes.
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ netstat -l
netdiscover command is used to scan the network and display current number of hosts present in the network. You need to have sudo privileges to execute the command and also mention the interface you are checking.
┌──(kali㉿kali)-[~]
└─$ sudo netdiscover -i eth0
The /etc/resolv.conf file in Linux is used to configure how the system uses the Domain Name System (DNS) to resolve host names and IP addresse
The /etc/hosts file in Linux is a plain text file that maps hostnames to IP addresses