Windows Network Commands

Question 1

ipconfig

Answer 1

IP Address Configuration

Question 2

ipconfig /all

Answer 2

Detailed IP Address

Question 3

ipconfig /displaydns

Answer 3

View DNS Local Resolver Cache

Question 4

ipconfig /flushdns

Answer 4

flushes all dns data

Question 5

ping {IPAddress}

Answer 5

Testing end-to-end connectivity

Question 6

ping {FQDN}
nslookup {FQDN}

Answer 6

Testing Name Resolutions

Question 7

hostname

Answer 7

Identify Computer Name

Question 8

Netstat

Answer 8

Displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP network connections

Question 9

netstat -a

Answer 9

Displays ALL connections and listening ports

Question 10

netstat -b

Answer 10

Displays the executable involved in creating each connection or listening port

Question 11

netstat -n

Answer 11

Displays addresses and port numbers in numerical form

Question 12

net share

Answer 12

displays information about all of the resources that are shared on the local computer

Question 13

net use

Answer 13

Displays which shared resources that the current computer is connected to

Question 14

net user

Answer 14

Identify Local User Accounts

Question 15

net use \computername\sharename

Answer 15

Mapping Network Shares/Drive

Question 16

net session

Answer 16

view the computer names and user names of users on a server, to see if users have files open, and to see how long each user’s session has been idle

Question 17

gpresult
gpupdate

Answer 17

Group Policy Commands

Question 18

Wake-on-LAN

Answer 18

When a PC is configured to use Wake-on-LAN, it will power on when a print job is being sent.