What diagnostic utilities are there for TCP/IP?
March 4, 1999
A. We have already seen PING and TRACERT, and below is a full list
arp - This displays and modifies the IP to physical address translation tables used by the ARP (Address Resolution Protocol).
finger - Displays information about a user on a specified system that is running the finger service
hostname - Displays the name of the current host
ipconfig - Displays information about the current TCP/IP configuration, including details about DNS servers etc. Can also be used to renew and release DHCP address leases.
nbtstat - Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP)
netstat - Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections
ping - Used to check if a destination host is receiving TCP/IP packets
route - Used to maintain and display routing tables
tracert - Used to view the route packets take to a destination host
For more information on these commands just enter the command with a -?, e.g. netstat -?
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