The following utilities are used with network resources:
Description | Utility |
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Address resolution display and control | arp |
Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) client | dhclient |
Configure network interface parameters | ifconfig |
Configure the address selection policy for IPv6 and IPv4 | ip6addrctl |
IP firewall and traffic shaper control program | ipfw |
Implement the IPv4 and IPv6 networking protocols | istack |
Loads the network stack and configures it | netload |
Show network status | netstat |
Netgraph control utility | ngctl |
Connect to a netgraph node | nghook |
Send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts | ping |
Send ICMPv6 ECHO_REQUEST packets to network hosts | ping6 |
Manually manipulate the routing tables | route |
Router solicitation daemon | rtsold |
Get or set kernel state | sysctl |
Dump traffic on a network | tcpdump |
Print the route packets take to network host | traceroute |