It's often useful to gain a quick measure of a network's "real-world" performance. Pinging is a technique in which you send a predetermined amount of data to a specific IP address on your own network ...

I've been using Linux for what seems like forever. Over the years, I've noticed that I use the command line less and less, because the GUIs have just gotten so much better. Even still, there are ...

ZDNET's key takeaways There are certain Linux commands I consider essential.They range from networking, troubleshooting, and ...

ping is a diagnostic tool used for verifying connectivity between two hosts on a network. It sends Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo request packets to a remote IP address and watches for ...

If you find your thrill delving into the networking side of Unix, you'll find that there are lots of commands to give you all the insights you might want. I will never forget my first ping. Working on ...

Whether you’re managing a network at work or just watching out for your home systems, it’s important to understand your network connections–how you communicate with public systems and those on the ...

host 10.0.0.1<BR><BR>or <BR><BR>dig 10.0.0.1<BR><BR>or <BR><BR>nslookup 10.0.0.1 (I think this is deprecated)<BR><BR>or <BR><BR>mtr 10.0.0.1 (this will ping, traceroute, and lookup the name so should ...