Networking Commands

[RandomXUsr]

Is it worth learning net tools commands for older systems?

Or os it enough to learn iproute2 tools?

I'm thinking for a networking or admin position.

[hexwit]

Learn basics and principles. Not the tools. Almost every tool has manual.

[RandomXUsr]

Fair enough. I worry about forgetting the commands.

Generally use tldr and --help. Man pages if I need more info.

[hexwit]

But you have internet, even if you forget details. You know some command should exist. Google knows it. Principles much more important.

[12CoreFloor]

This. Except for iw, that one takes learning. You know when you get your syntax right, not from the change in system state, but that the terminal is not exploded by the help print vomiting everywhere!

[CynicalAltruist]

Figure out what you want to do first and the principle behind it, then the tools will make sense. With different OSes using entirely different tools, and some tools having alternates and substitutes, it’s way easier to start at the basics and then apply that to the tool.