Programs: networking

TODO:

this could be organized better - maybe separate setup/applications/debugging/monitoring?

Network Connection Management

BSD

Freebsd networking

FreeBSD ifconfig

linux

netctl	daemon to manage network interfaces
network-manager	daemon to manage network interfaces
mmcli	configure modems
linux ip	configure network interfaces
linux iw	configure wireless network
auditctl	audit kernel behaviour

win32

netsh

windows cli tool to modify/configure network configuration

Firewalls

BSD

pf

firewall

linux

nftables

iptables

firewalld

Ad Blockers

pi hole

Network Tools

curl
wget
netcat
netstat
traceroute
dig
wireshark	traffic introspection over network interface
mitmproxy
nmap	traffic introspection over network interface (wireshark cli)
sockstat	list active ports/sockets
tcpdump	watch traffic over network interface
nbtscan
nload	bandwidth usage by network iface
ntop	web ui for network traffic introspection
iperf3	measure network latency between computers
FreeBSD ifconfig
FreeBSD route

Network Diagnostics Tools

physical layer
datalink layer
ping	tests connectivity to hosts using ICMP
arp	(ipv4) checks table mapping ipv4 addrs to mac addresses
nd	(ipv6) checks table mapping ipv6 addrs to mac addresses
network layer
host	DNS query
iftop	checks current network activity
pftop	monitor traffic through pf firewall.
transport layer

DNS

dnsmasq	DNS, DHCP
bind-tools	collection of dns tools
whois	query registered owners of internet resources/ip blocks
dig
nslookup
host
drill

Dynamic DNS

noip

staticddns

VPN

wireguard

openvpn

torphantom