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Linux ip Command: 7 Practical Usage Examples

Ever wondered what the Linux ip command might be able to do for you? Maybe you're just getting into Linux terminal work or network management. Let me walk you through some basic examples of the ip ...
How-To Geek on MSN

These Linux networking command-line tools are outdated. Here's what you should use instead

Telnet, ifconfig, and netstat, and more, all have better replacements.
Linux Journal

Linux Networking: Configuring Network Address Translation (NAT)

In the vast ocean of network communications, Network Address Translation (NAT) stands as a pivotal lighthouse, guiding the flow of data packets to their correct destinations while conserving the ...
Network World

Use bash to change an IP address from dynamic to static on Linux

The bash script described here can change Linux systems' IP addresses from dynamic to static with much less manual work. Changing the IP address of a Linux system from dynamic to static is not ...
Linux Journal

Validating an IP Address in a Bash Script

I've recently written about using bash arrays and bash regular expressions, so here's a more useful example of using them to test IP addresses for validity. To belabor the obvious: IP addresses are 32 ...