A summary of various troubleshooting commands for common client operating systems for both IPv4 and IPv6.
Apple OS X, *BSD
| Ping for IPv4 | /sbin/ping |
| Ping for IPv6 | /sbin/ping6 |
| Traceroute for IPv4 | /usr/sbin/traceroute |
| Traceroute for IPv6 | /usr/sbin/traceroute6 |
| Interface Info | /sbin/ifconfig |
| IPv4 Route table | /usr/sbin/netstat -f inet -rn |
| IPv6 Route table | /usr/sbin/netstat -f inet6 -rn |
| IPv4 arp table | /usr/sbin/arp -an |
| IPv6 ndp table | /usr/sbin/ndp -an |
Windows: Vista, 7, Server 2008 and higher
| Ping for IPv4 | ping -4 |
| Ping for IPv6 | ping -6 |
| Traceroute for IPv4 | tracert -4 |
| Traceroute for IPv6 | tracert -6 |
| Interface Info | ipconfig /all |
| IPv4 Route table | netsh interface ipv4 show route |
| IPv6 Route table | netsh interface ipv6 show route |
| IPv4 arp table | arp -a |
| IPv6 ndp table | netsh interface ipv6 show neighbors |
Linux
| Ping for IPv4 | ping |
| Ping for IPv6 | ping6 |
| Traceroute for IPv4 | traceroute -4 |
| Traceroute for IPv6 | traceroute -6 |
| Interface Info | ip address show |
| IPv4 Route table | netstat -A inet -rn |
| IPv6 Route table | netstat -A inet6 -rn |
| IPv4 arp table | arp -an |
| IPv6 ndp table | ip -6 neighbor show |
Notes:
- Paths differ between distributions.
- traceroute6 is usually installed as a hard link to traceroute and defaults to using the -6 flag. Forcing the -4 or -6 options is useful to make sure you are using the correct ip version during troubleshooting.
Solaris
| Ping for IPv4 | /usr/sbin/ping -A inet |
| Ping for IPv6 | /usr/sbin/ping -A inet6 |
| Traceroute for IPv4 | /usr/sbin/traceroute -A inet |
| Traceroute for IPv6 | /usr/sbin/traceroute -A inet6 |
| Interface Info | /bin/netstat -ain |
| IPv4 Route table | /bin/netstat -f inet -rn |
| IPv6 Route table | /bin/netstat -f inet6 -rn |
| IPv4 arp table | /bin/netstat -pn -f inet |
| IPv6 ndp table | /bin/netstat -pn -f inet6 |
