Ebook: Network Troubleshooting Tools

Network Troubleshooting Tools helps you sort through the thousands of tools that have been developed for debugging TCP/IP networks and choose the ones that are best for your needs. It also shows you how to approach network troubleshooting using these tools, how to document your network so you know how it behaves under normal conditions, and how to think about problems when they arise so you can solve them more effectively.;Network Troubleshooting Tools; Organization; Conventions; Acknowledgments; 1. Network Management and Troubleshooting; 1.2. Need for Troubleshooting Tools; 1.3. Troubleshooting and Management; 1.3.2. Management Practices; 1.3.2.2. Ego management; 1.3.2.3. Legal and ethical considerations; 1.3.2.4. Economic considerations; 2. Host Configurations; 2.1.2. top; 2.1.3. netstat; 2.1.4. lsof; 2.1.5. ifconfig; 2.1.6. arp; 2.1.7. Scanning Tools; 2.2. System Configuration Files; 2.2.2. Configuration Programs; 2.2.3. Kernel; 2.2.4. Startup Files and Scripts; 2.2.5. Other Files; 2.2.5.2. Security files.