Networking Reference

Network troubleshooting and configuration. Diagnostics, DNS, firewalls, scanning, VPN, and 802.1X.

Topics

Topic Description

802.1X

EAP-TLS client configuration and authentication

ACLs

Access control lists and network policy

Bluetooth

bluetoothctl, pairing, connection, audio devices

curl

HTTP requests, headers, authentication

DHCP

DHCP client and server configuration

Diagnostics

ping, traceroute, ss, netstat, ip

dig

DNS queries, records, troubleshooting

DNS Client

dig, nslookup, DNS resolution chain

DNS Server

BIND9 zones, rndc, authoritative DNS

Firewall

firewalld and general firewall management

ip

iproute2 addr, link, route, neigh

iptables

Legacy packet filter rules and chains

mtr

Network path diagnostics (ping + traceroute)

NAT

Network address translation

netapi

netapi CLI patterns for network APIs

netcat

Port testing, banner grabbing, relays

nftables

Modern packet filter replacing iptables

nmap

Network scanning and service detection

Routing

Static routes, policy routing, route tables

ss

Socket statistics and connection state

SSH

Keys, config, tunnels, agent forwarding

Subnetting

CIDR, subnet calculation, addressing

Tailscale

Mesh VPN, ACLs, exit nodes

tcpdump

Packet capture, BPF filters, 802.1X/RADIUS debugging

traceroute

Hop-by-hop path tracing

VLANs

VLAN tagging and trunk configuration

VPN

WireGuard, IPsec, OpenVPN

Wireless

WiFi tools, iw, wpa_supplicant

Wireshark

GUI packet analysis and display filters