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Red Hat Certified System Administrator EX200 (RHEL 10) · Domain 8: Manage basic networking

Checking addresses, routes and name resolution: ip addr, ip route, ping, getent hosts

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When networking misbehaves, test layer by layer: does the interface have the right address, does the system know where to send traffic, can it reach the next hop and the destination, and can it resolve names? A handful of commands answer each question, and they are the same ones you use to verify your own exam work.

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