Wednesday, December 19, 2007

Windows network utilities

tracert

tracert [-d] [-h maximum_hops] [-j host-list] [-w timeout] target_name

Determines the route taken to a destination by sending Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) echo packets with varying IP Time-To-Live (TTL) values to the destination.

netstat

netstat [-a] [-e][-n][-s] [-p protocol] [-r] [interval]

Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP network connections.

nbtstat

nbtstat [-a RemoteName] [-A IP_address] [-c] [-n] [-R] [-r] [-S] [-s] [interval]
Help troubleshoot NetBIOS name resolution problems. Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NetBIOS over TCP/IP.

ipconfig

ipconfig [/? | /all | /d | /renew [adapter index] | /release [adapter index] ]
Prints out the TCP/IP-related configuration of a host