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12 basic networking commands every Linux user should know

The most important networking command in Linux might be ping. This command lets you check if a remote machine is responding ...
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Using the Linux arping command to ping local systems

The arping command can ping local systems to find out whether they are responsive, and with the help of scripts, can ping specific IP-address ranges. The arping command is one of the lesser known ...