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You can perform the following basic operations such as configuring addresses, viewing the status of links, monitoring connections, and debugging connection failures using various tools.

Check the data connectivity

Use the ping command to check the connectivity between the device interface and the interface that’s connected remotely.
The client IP address must be in the same subnet as that of the device IP address.
Sample output of the ping command to check the network connectivity from the RB3 Gen 2 Development Kit to the host PC.

Configure the NIC settings

Use the ethtool command to view the network interface controller (NIC) parameters and configure the NIC settings such as speed, port, and auto-negotiation.Sample output of the ethtool command to check the status of a link.
Sample output of the ethtool command to check the statistics of NIC packet.

Configure the network interface

Use the ip command to assign an address to a network interface and configure the interface with additional parameters like MTU and display its information. For more information about configuring the network interface, see Bring up Ethernet.Sample output of the ip command to display the network interface information.

Analyze the network traffic

Use the tcpdump command to analyze the network traffic by intercepting and displaying packets that are created or received by a network interface.Sample tcpdump command to analyze the network traffic.

Identify and read the network route

A routing table contains the parameters necessary to identify and read the network route. Use the ip command to retrieve information of a routing table. For more information about the ip command, see https://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man8/ip.8.html.Sample output of the ip command to retrieve the IP routing table.

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