The following utilities are used with network resources:
| Description | Utility |
|---|---|
| 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 |