NETWORKING

WiFi

Use WiFi without a separate network manager with this simple guide. Needs "dhcpcd" or "dhcpclient", "net-tools" or "iproute2", "wpa_supplicant", and the WiFi drivers for your wireless card (like "iwlwifi" and its "ucode"), which in part can be installed from a package usually named "linux-firmware", but they may not be complete (this provides "ucode" but not "iwlwifi").
NOTE: The "<DEVICE_NAME>" can be either "wlp3s0" or "wlan0". Change accordingly the following commands to suit your needs.

Create the configuration file (as "root", not "sudo"):
wpa_passphrase <NETWORK_NAME> <PASSWORD> > /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf
Delete non hashed password from "/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf", but not the hashed one.

Each time you need to connect type the following command (as "root" or with "sudo"):

EXAMPLE 1: With "net-tools" and "dhcpcd":

ifconfig <DEVICE_NAME> down
ifconfig <DEVICE_NAME> up
wpa_supplicant -B -i<DEVICE_NAME> -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dwext
dhcpcd <DEVICE_NAME>

EXAMPLE 2: With "iproute2" and "dhclient":

ip link set <DEVICE_NAME> down
ip link set <DEVICE_NAME> up
wpa_supplicant -B -i<DEVICE_NAME> -c /etc/wpa_supplicant.conf -Dwext
dhclient <DEVICE_NAME>

You can save either example in a script to activate the Wi-Fi whenever you want.

Note: As an educational tip, the name of a network is also called "SSID" in other places.

TROUBLESHOOTING

ufw

Show status
sudo ufw status
Enable firewall
sudo ufw enable
Disable firewall
sudo ufw disable
Deny all by default
sudo ufw default deny
Allow all by default
sudo ufw default allow
Allow everything for specific port by default
sudo ufw allow PORT_NUMBER
Delete a rule
sudo ufw delete allow PORT_NUMBER
Allow everything for a specific address
sudo ufw allow from IP_ADDRESS
Allow a specific port for a specific address
sudo ufw allow from IP_ADDRESS to any port PORT_NUMBER

tcpdump

dump all
sudo tcpdump
dump 5 packets
sudo tcpdump -c 5
dump in ASCii format
sudo tcpdump -A
dump in hexadecimal format
sudo tcpdump -xx
dump from an specific interface
sudo tcpdump -i INTERFACE_NAME
dump from a specific port
sudo tcpdump port PORT_NUMBER
dump 5 packets in hexadecimal from an specific interface and a specific port
sudo tcpdump -c 5 -xx -i INTERFACE port PORT_NUMBER

netstat

show routing table, including gateway
netstat -nr
show all ports
netstat -tulpn
show network usage of devices
netstat -i
show active connections
netstat -ta
show active connections, but show ip addresses instead
netstat -tan

traceroute

show which route your connection takes between your computer to the destination
traceroute WEBNAME_OR_IP

nmap

scan a specific ip address (including devices)
nmap IP_NUMBER
scan a specific website
nmap WEBSITE_NAME
scan a specific ip address (including devices) with more information
nmap -v IP_NUMBER
scan two ip address (including devices), 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.0.54
nmap 192.168.0.1,54
scan a range of ip address (including devices), from 192.168.0.1 to 192.168.0.100
nmap 192.168.0.1-100
scan all ip address (including devices) from network 192.168.0.0
nmap 192.168.0.*
scan address from a file
nmap -il <FILE>
scan address and identify OS and running services
nmap -A IP_NUMBER
check if target is up
nmap -sP IP_NUMBER
check reason for services states
nmap --reason IP_NUMBER
show host interfaces
nmap --iflist IP_NUMBER

SSH

login to remote host
ssh ADDRESS
login to remote host as user USER
ssh USER@ADDRESS
set ssh server configuration in /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Port 22 # default port is 22, can be changed
PermitRootLogin without-password # change "without-password" to "no" to forbid root login
AllowUsers USER_NAME # by allowing a specific user it restricts the others

restart "ssh" service to activate changes

/etc/network/interfaces

# use last 8 octets for hosts
255.255.255.0

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