Sometimes, there is a need to have more than one IP Addresses assigned to a PC or a Server. If you have multiple services running on a server like a webserver and a mail server and want to assign each of these services seperate IP Addresses the Multiple IP addresses will help. While this need not necessarily require to have more than one Network Interface Card (NIC) on the server.
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netdiag – A Network troubleshooting tool in Windows
Netdiag helps isolate networking and connectivity problems by performing a series of tests to determine the state of your network client and whether it is functional. These tests and the key network status information they expose give admins a more direct means of identifying and isolating network problems.
Display and Flush DNS Cache in Windows
DNS Clients in Windows has the ability to cache DNS Queries as does most of the clients on other operating systems. This helps the DNS clients to resolve recently accessed web pages faster by resolving the IP Address directly from its cache rather than querying a DNS server. (more…)