Task |
Description |
For Information |
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Display configuration information about an interface. |
Determine the current configuration of each interface on a system. | |
Display interface address assignments. |
Determine the address assignments for all interfaces on the local system. | |
Display statistics on a per-protocol basis. |
Monitor the performance of the network protocols on a particular system. | |
Display network status. |
Monitor your system by displaying all sockets and routing table entries. The output includes the inet address family for IPv4 and inet6 address family for IPv6. | |
Display the status of network interfaces. |
Monitor the performance of network interfaces, which is useful for troubleshooting transmission problems. | |
Display packet transmission status. |
Monitor the state of packets as they are sent over the wire. |
How to Display the Status of Transmissions for Packets of a Specific Address Type |
Control the display output of IPv6-related commands. |
Controls the output of the ping, netstat, ifconfig, and traceroute commands. Creates a file that is named inet_type. Sets the DEFAULT_IP variable in this file. | |
Monitor network traffic. |
Displays all IP packets by using the snoop command. | |
Trace all routes that are known to the network's routers. |
Uses the traceroute command to show all routes. |