| Description | Command |
| Activate network interface | ip link set ppp0 up |
| Change default route | ip route add default via 192.168.0.2 |
| Deactivate network interface | ip link set ppp0 down |
| Delete IP address | ip addr del 192.168.0.193/24 dev wlan0 |
| Display the system hostname | hostname |
| Display IP address of the host | hostname -i |
| Display network interfaces and IP addresses | ip addr show |
| Display network interfaces and IP addresses for a specific interface | ip addr show eth0 |
| Download a file | wget filename |
| Enable TCP Delayed Ack | ip route quickack |
| Get DNS information for the domain | dig domain |
| Get Reverse DNS information for the host | dig -x host |
| Get whois information for the domain | whois domain |
| Lookup DNS IP address for the domain | host google.com |
| Lookup local IP address | hostname -i |
| Monitor network messages | ip monitor all |
| Set IP address | ip addr add 192.168.0.1 dev eth0 |
| Show Ethernet status | ethtool eth0 |
| Show Ethernet status | mii-tool eth0 |
| Show Routing table | ip route show |
| Show the route packets will take | ip route get 192.168.0.1 |
| Send echo request to test connection | ping host |
| Show all listening network ports | netstat -tulpn |
| Show network stats | ip -s link |
| Show network stats for an interface | ip -s -s link ls eth0 |
| Show arp entries | ip neighbour |