Get ip from fqdn
hostname, dig, nslookup (obsolete)
whois svd.se
Lookup the registrant of an Internet domain.
ping
Check if the remote host is reachable using ICMP.
ping -n N
ping at most N times.
ping -i N
Wait i seconds between pings.
traceroute yahoo.com
Prints the network path from your local host to a remote host and the time it takes for the packages to traverse the path.
traceroute -n
Print ip addresses instead of hostnames.
traceroute -w N
Change the default timeout of five seconds to N seconds.