Show network status.

It displays the status of network connections on either TCP,UDP,RAW or SOCKET to the system.

Netstat provides statistics for the following:

1.Proto – The name of the protocol

2.Local Address – the IP address of the local computer and the port number being .

3.Foreign Address – the IP address and the port number of the remote computer to which socket is connected.

4. State – Indicate the state of a connection.

Examples:

1. netstat

Displays generic net statistics of the host you are currently connected to.

2. netstat -an

Shows all connections to the server including the source and destination ips and ports if you have proper permissions.