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Networking Task: Connectivity Diagnostics & Tools

Goal

Identify networking issues across systems, services, or containers.

Checklist

  • Ping test:

    ping -c 4 google.com
    

  • Trace route:

    traceroute google.com
    

  • Port check:

    nc -zv 192.168.1.1 22
    

  • DNS check:

    dig +short example.com
    

  • Container networking:

    docker network inspect <network>
    docker exec -it <container> ping 8.8.8.8
    

Tools

  • ping, traceroute, netcat, dig, curl, docker network