# Commands to Manage Network Service
You manage the network service by using systemd commands, such as `systemd-networkd`, `systemd-resolvd`, and `networkctl`.
To check the status of the network service, run the following command:
systemctl status systemd-networkd
**Output**
* systemd-networkd.service - Network Service
Loaded: loaded (/usr/lib/systemd/system/systemd-networkd.service; enabled; vendor preset: enabled)
Active: active (running) since Fri 2016-04-29 15:08:51 UTC; 6 days ago
Docs: man:systemd-networkd.service(8)
Main PID: 291 (systemd-network)
Status: "Processing requests..."
CGroup: /system.slice/systemd-networkd.service
`-291 /lib/systemd/systemd-networkd
Because Photon OS relies on systemd to manage services, you must use the `systemd` suite of commands and not the deprecated `init.d` commands or other deprecated commands to manage networking.