http://www.yolinux.com/TUTORIALS/LinuxTutorialNetworking.html Static ip assignment [[/sbin/ifconfig]] eth0 192.168.10.12 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.10.255 troubleshooting: ethtool ethtool -i eth0 ethtool -S eth0 netstat -i nmap ifconfig ifconfig -a ifconfig eth0 up ifconfig eth0 down change hardware address: sudo ifconfig eth0 hw ether 00:... DHCP give to NIC ad IP 169.254.x.x interface with address like that -> failure to com with DHCP. check cabling, routing, DHCP server config ping ip or host alias eth0: wired connection eth1: wireless connection [[/etc/network/interfaces]] or [[/etc/sysconfig/network]] [[/etc/hosts]] 127.0.0.1 localhost ... tcptraceroute host router: 192.168.1.1 (ping it!) route -n, default: lspci elenca periferiche e bus PCI see all hosts on lan fping -a -g 192.168.1.0/24 2> /dev/null send http request: wget: saves file. or curl: prints out post: curl -F 'var=val' url get ip/dns lookup: dig, nslookup see which process uses net ressources: iftop, lsof, netstat rdesktop turn on in windows 7: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windows-vista/turn-on-remote-desktop-in-windows-vista/