Types of Windows Networking Commands with Examples

Here are some windows networking commands which are explained below with examples:

1. Ping

It is used detecting devices on network and troubleshooting network problems. It will help to see the
connection between your device and another device on the network. If we receive a reply from the
device then the device is working properly. We can use this command with an IP address and hostname.
We have searched for the Amazon website. 0% data loss while sending the number of packages. Success
result is present n round trip times in milliseconds.

2. Ipconfig

It will find network information local devices like IP Address and default gateway.
We can see the above information. You can see Media State as Media disconnected because Bluetooth
is not on.

3. Ip config/release

Gives current IP address but if we are not connected to the Wi-Fi and media is disconnected then this
command will not work.

4. Ip config /? – will show help options

5. Hostname

It will show us the hostname of the machine.

6. getmac

It will give you the MAC address of the network interface. People might use this to control which device
can connect to the network. Each device has a unique MAC address and it is assigned by the
manufacturer, store in the device hardware. You can observe in below image 3 different mac address is
assigned to the different media.
 7. Tracert

When we face any network issue and to troubleshoot this issue Trace route will send that is the route of
the packet from server to server as hope. It will show a delay between user and hop. The IP address of
the hop will be shown.

You can see three latency reading per hop is there because tracert will send 3 packets per hop but if any
of the latency gets lost then it will not show correct latency. A best practice is to have an average of 3
latency. Refer to the below image. You can see that latency is not given that is the reason request time
out.
8. nslookup

It stands for name server lookup. When we want to know the IP address of the domain we can use this
command. Fact is if we run this command over and over, we will get different IP addresses for a website
like google, yahoo, Flipkart because these domains have spread to different machines. You can see in
the below image IP address is different for the same domain name.
the first IP address is: 13.227.188.78
the second IP address is: 184.31.213.84
we can find out the domain name with the help of IP address by entering the IP address in the web
browser and see where it leads to. Success ratio to this is not 100% because not all IP addresses will
show the domain name and they might not be reachable.

9. netstat

It is used for network statics, diagnostics, and analysis. If we are managing a huge college campus
network, then this tool is useful because it provides an advanced aspect of the network.
By running this command, will show the number of active connections on the system. The active
connection is about port (TCP) is open and ready to accept the connection request.
TIME_WAIT (can see in the above image)- local endpoint (your system) has closed the connection.

10. netsh

It stands for a network shell. It will help the user to view and configure every adapter on the system
because it provides plenty of context within the shell-like routing-related command, diagnosis
command, etc. Refer to the below image. By running this command prompt is shifted to the network
shell.

11. arp

It stands for address resolution protocol. It will find the MAC address and hardware address of the host
from the IP address.