ipconfig is a windows tool that display various IP configurations on each of the Ethernet Network and Wireless adapters installed on the computer. ipconfig works in Windows 2000, Windows 2003, Windows XP operating systems. The most commonly used for reason is to display the IP Address and the default Gateway, DHCP and DNS settings. (more…)
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getmac – Get the MAC address of a network adapter
getmac may not be a known tool but is a very easy and effective way to obtain the MAC address of a Windows 2000, Windows 2003 and Windows XP computer. (more…)
WNTIPCFG – A GUI version of ipconfig
wntipcfg is apart of the Windows 2000 server Resource kit download. This is a simple GUI version of ipconfig. However, this can be downloaded and installed on Windows 2000, Windows 2003 and Windows XP versions of the operating system. (more…)
pathping – Ping and Traceroute at once in Windows
The PathPing tool is a route tracing tool that combines features of Ping and Tracert with additional information that neither of those tools provides. PathPing sends packets to each router on the way to a final destination over a period of time, and then computes results based on the packets returned from each hop. Since PathPing shows the degree of packet loss at any given router or link, you can pinpoint which routers or links might be causing network problems. (more…)
hostname – Name of your computer
Use the hostname command in Windows and in most Unix and Linux versions to get the actual hostname of the system. In Windows, from the command prompt simply type,
c:\>hostname MYCOMPUTER
In Linux or unix, from the terminal window type hostname,
mycomputer$ hostname
This should show the computer name.
ARP – To display ARP cache in Windows
Address Resolution Protocol is the one which is used to find the hardware address of a device (MAC Address) using its IP Address on the network. The Windows ARP tool helps to display and modify the ARP table on the system. (more…)
Well Known TCP / UDP ports
Well known ports assigned by IANA to various applications. In simple terms, these are ports on which the applications communicates end to end. There are 1024 well known ports ranging from 0 – 1023.