======Network Commands======

=====ifconfig=====
Interface Configuration
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$ ifconfig eth0 (or ifconfig iprb0 on OpenSolaris)
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=====bind-utils=====
On CentOS/RHEL the following commands are provided by the bind-utils package so if you are running on a minimal desktop or server that isnt running bind itself you might need to use yum to install bind-utils !

==dig==
DNS (forward or reverse) lookup
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$ dig example.com
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you can also use dig to find out the nameservers for a domain
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$ dig +nssearch example.com
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==host==
DNS (forward or reverse) lookup
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$ host example.com
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==nslookup==
DNS (forward or reverse) lookup
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$ nslookup example.com
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