Ping
Packet internet gopher, tests and verifies connectivity. Self ping 127.0.0.1
Nmap -o
Detects operating system
Nmap-sP
Is a ping scan
Nmap-sT
TCP connect scan
Nmap-sS
SYN scan
Nmap-sF
FIN scan
Nmap-sX
Xmas tree scan
Nmap-sN
NULLscan
Nmap-sU
UDP scan
Nmap-sO
Protocol scan
Nmap-sA
ACK scan
Nmap-sW
Windows scan
Nmap-sR
RPC scan
Nmap-sL
List/DNS scan
Nmap-sI
Idle scan
Nmap-Po
Don’t ping
Nmap-Pt
TCP ping
Nmap-PS
SYN ping
Nmap-PI
ICMP ping
Nmap-PB
TCP and ICMP ping
Nmap-PM
ICMP netmask
Nmap-oN
Normal output
Nmap-oX
XML output
Nmap-oG
Greppable output