Diagnosing Server Connectivity Issues with Ping, Telnet, Curl, and Traceroute
This guide explains how to break down the vague symptom “network unreachable” into layered checks—interface status, routing, ARP, DNS, TCP, TLS, and HTTP—using the four classic tools ping, telnet, curl, and traceroute, and provides concrete commands, analysis steps, and evidence‑gathering scripts for Linux servers and Kubernetes pods.
