4/12/08

IP commands of Command line (CLI) in Dos/Windows

Following are the IP Commands for Dos/Windows :-

Open Network Connections - control netconnections

Determine Network Connection to a particular destination - ping www.ipmango.com

Determine the Route of a packet through the network - tracert

Display the TCP/IP protocol information - netstat

FOR MORE COMMANDS ON NETSTAT TYPE NETSTAT/HELP IN THE COMMAND LINE.

Manipulates network routing table - route

Display MAC Addresses - arp

Display Name of Computer currently logged into - hostname

Display network settings(including the LAN IP Address.If you are not on LAN then it will show your public IP.) - ipconfig

FOR MORE COMMANDS ON IPCONFIG TYPE IPCONFIG/HELP IN THE COMMAND LINE.

Display paths between two paths - pathping

Display protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT(NetBIOS over TCP/IP) - nbtstat

Display the DNS server and its IP address - nslookup


Brief Explaination Of Some Important CommandARP - Address Resolution Protocol translates the Ip address of a device(host) into its MAC/physical address to send a message to it.

PING - A command which sends an ICMP(Internet Control Message Protocol) packet to a host to check whether a host is dead or alive.If the host echoes back the packet then the host is alive else the host is dead.
eg:- ping www.ipmango.com

TRACERT - A command which sends a packet and displays the different systems or servers(in the command line) which the packet passes and thus the route of the packet is known.
eg:- tracert www.ipmango.com

NETSTAT - Displays the currect connections and statistics on the TCP/IP network and there status(whether established or not).


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Ip Mango said...

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