August 12th, 2008 by Bob
Here is a list of the more common command-line utilities that you should find useful while trouble shooting your network.
TCP/IP Command-Line Tolls
| Command |
Description |
| IPCONFIG |
Displays the basic local host configuratioon – IP address,the subnet address, the subnet mask and default gateway. |
| PING |
Sends a test packet to a specified address.If all is well, it will return. Use the loopback address (127.0.0.1) to test the IP architecture and configuration. |
| ARP |
Used to see the entries in the Address Resolution table. |
| ROUTE |
Use to see the local routing table and to add entries to it. Use ROUTE PRINT to display contents, ROUTE ADD to add entries and ROUTE DELETE to remove entries. |
| NBSTAT |
Used to check the resolutions of NetBIOS names to TCP/IP addresses. |
| NETSTAT |
Used to check the status of current IP connections. |
| TRACERT |
Used to verify the route to a remote host, |
| NSLOOKUP |
Used to verify entries on a DNS derver. |
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