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Netstat Stuff
iftop -p -n Stats on local net usage within domain.
whois domain.com
dig domain.com info on domain, whether it's taken, et c.
ifconfig Like ipconfig.
nmcli Versatile wifi tool.
Examples
You want to connect to the internet.
sudo iwconfig
Get knowledge of wireless state. The output might be:
wlp3s0 IEEE 802.11 ESSID:"Gandalf WajFaj"
Mode:Managed Frequency:2.412 GHz Access Point: 10:05:01:90:AC:1A
Bit Rate=144.4 Mb/s Tx-Power=15 dBm
Retry short limit:7 RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
`Power Management:on`
`Link Quality=64/70 Signal level=-46 dBm`
`Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag`
`Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:363 Missed beacon`
This tells you that your ESSID is 'Gandalf WajFaj', and the access point name is 10:05:......
nmcli radio
You get an overview of your radio devices. You're told that eth0 deals with your ethernet and wlan0 deals with wifi. wlan0 is a file which represents your wifi device.
nmcli wlan0 wifi rescan
nmcli device wifi list
Now to connect.
nmcli device wifi connect [SSID] [your password] [wifi password]
Alternatively, you can use
nmcli -ask device wifi connect [SSID] And it'll ask for your password, so you're not typing it in in full view.