linux network command line
ifconfig, show all network interfaces
Ex.
root@kali:~# ifconfig
eth0: flags=4163<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST> mtu 1500
inet 192.168.160.128 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.160.255
inet6 fe80::20c:29ff:feae:2778 prefixlen 64 scopeid 0x20<link>
ether 00:0c:29:ae:27:78 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 53526 bytes 79273540 (75.6 MiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 18397 bytes 1117190 (1.0 MiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
lo: flags=73<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING> mtu 65536
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask 255.0.0.0
inet6 ::1 prefixlen 128 scopeid 0x10<host>
loop txqueuelen 1000 (Local Loopback)
RX packets 97 bytes 7040 (6.8 KiB)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 97 bytes 7040 (6.8 KiB)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
wlan0: flags=4099<UP,BROADCAST,MULTICAST> mtu 2312
ether ba:d7:b2:b4:4d:a8 txqueuelen 1000 (Ethernet)
RX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
RX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 frame 0
TX packets 0 bytes 0 (0.0 B)
TX errors 0 dropped 0 overruns 0 carrier 0 collisions 0
iwconfig, show only all wireless network interfaces
Ex.
root@kali:~# iwconfig
lo no wireless extensions.
eth0 no wireless extensions.
wlan0 unassociated Nickname:”<WIFI@REALTEK>”
Mode:Auto Frequency=2.412 GHz Access Point: Not-Associated
Sensitivity:0/0
Retry:off RTS thr:off Fragment thr:off
Encryption key:off
Power Management:off
Link Quality=0/100 Signal level=0 dBm Noise level=0 dBm
Rx invalid nwid:0 Rx invalid crypt:0 Rx invalid frag:0
Tx excessive retries:0 Invalid misc:0 Missed beacon:0
The most interesting thing of iwconfig command is the Mode.