Network Troubleshooting Tools, IPv4 and IPv6
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Sunday, 15 September 2013 11:17
A summary of various troubleshooting commands for common client operating systems for both IPv4 and IPv6.
Apple OS X, *BSD
| Ping for IPv4 |
/sbin/ping |
| Ping for IPv6 |
/sbin/ping6 |
| Traceroute for IPv4 |
/usr/sbin/traceroute |
| Traceroute for IPv6 |
/usr/sbin/traceroute6 |
| Interface Info |
/sbin/ifconfig |
| IPv4 Route table |
/usr/sbin/netstat -f inet -rn |
| IPv6 Route table |
/usr/sbin/netstat -f inet6 -rn |
| IPv4 arp table |
/usr/sbin/arp -an |
| IPv6 ndp table |
/usr/sbin/ndp -an |
Windows: Vista, 7, Server 2008 and higher
| Ping for IPv4 |
ping -4 |
| Ping for IPv6 |
ping -6 |
| Traceroute for IPv4 |
tracert -4 |
| Traceroute for IPv6 |
tracert -6 |
| Interface Info |
ipconfig /all |
| IPv4 Route table |
netsh interface ipv4 show route |
| IPv6 Route table |
netsh interface ipv6 show route |
| IPv4 arp table |
arp -a |
| IPv6 ndp table |
netsh interface ipv6 show neighbors |
Linux
| Ping for IPv4 |
ping |
| Ping for IPv6 |
ping6 |
| Traceroute for IPv4 |
traceroute -4 |
| Traceroute for IPv6 |
traceroute -6 |
| Interface Info |
ip address show |
| IPv4 Route table |
netstat -A inet -rn |
| IPv6 Route table |
netstat -A inet6 -rn |
| IPv4 arp table |
arp -an |
| IPv6 ndp table |
ip -6 neighbor show |
Notes:
- Paths differ between distributions.
- traceroute6 is usually installed as a hard link to traceroute and defaults to using the -6 flag. Forcing the -4 or -6 options is useful to make sure you are using the correct ip version during troubleshooting.
Solaris
| Ping for IPv4 |
/usr/sbin/ping -A inet |
| Ping for IPv6 |
/usr/sbin/ping -A inet6 |
| Traceroute for IPv4 |
/usr/sbin/traceroute -A inet |
| Traceroute for IPv6 |
/usr/sbin/traceroute -A inet6 |
| Interface Info |
/bin/netstat -ain |
| IPv4 Route table |
/bin/netstat -f inet -rn |
| IPv6 Route table |
/bin/netstat -f inet6 -rn |
| IPv4 arp table |
/bin/netstat -pn -f inet |
| IPv6 ndp table |
/bin/netstat -pn -f inet6 |