Solving Common Networking Problems - Windows Networking Utilities
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Windows provides a series of tools and utilities for managing and troubleshooting networks. Here is a list of most of them. I’ve only included native commands and have avoided any third-party utilities.
Network Repair Tool
The network repair tool is a feature that allows you to repair network connections in Windows. Right-click the connection in Network Connections and choose Repair.
Windows provides several other utilities for working with networks. These are command line utilities that must be run from the command prompt.
Command Line Utilities |
Arp | Allows the viewing and editing of the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache. |
Hostname | Displays the host name of the computer. |
Ipconfig | Displays the current TCP/IP configuration for both IPv4 and IPv6. Also used to manage DHCP-allocated IPv4 address configurations, display or flush the DNS resolver cache, and register DNS names. |
Nbtstat | Displays NetBT configuration and allows management of the NetBIOS name cache. |
Netsh | Network configuration tool. |
Netstat | Displays protocol information and statistics for current TCP connections. |
Nslookup | Performs DNS queries. |
Ping | Sends ICMP Echo or ICMPv6 Echo Request messages. |
Route | Allows viewing of the IPv4 and IPv6 routing tables. |
Tracert | Traces network routes to a specific destination. |
Pathping | Performs advance Ping and Tracert. |
Netdiag | Runs a series of network diagnostics. Installed from Windows CD. |
You may also find the Net command useful. The usage of these tools is far beyond the scope of this article. For good documentation, check out the Troubleshooting TCP/IP section of Microsoft TechNet’s TCP/IP Fundamentals for Microsoft Windows article.
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