IP address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, DNS and WINS addressesWhat
do you use to configure these things? There are various applications or
utilities also available to configure TCP/IP settings and many other
options.
But you can also achieve all this through command prompt!
Isn't it fantastic? Many of you might be familiar with ping, tracert and
ipconfig commands available in windows xp. Let us see which other
commands you can use from
command prompt.
With the help of these
commands you can view or modify the network configuration settings of a
computer that is currently running.
To get the command prompt...
Press 'WinKey + R' type CMD [ENTER]
- ping webgk.com - Test Connectivity
- tracert - Trace IP address Route
- netstat - Displays the TCP/IP protocol sessions
- route - Display Local Route
- arp - Display Resolved MAC Addresses
- hostname - Display Computer Name
- netsetup.cpl - Network Setup Wizard
- control netconnections - Network Connections
- ipconfig /all - Connection Configuration
- ipconfig /displaydns - Display DNS Cache Info
- ipconfig /flushdns - Clear DNS Cache
- ipconfig /release - Release All IP Address Connections
- ipconfig /renew - Renew All IP Address Connections
- ipconfig /registerdns - ReRegister the DNS connections
- ipconfig /showclassid - Display DHCP Class Information
- ipconfig /setclassid - Change/Modify DHCP Class ID
Knowledge
of DNS, gateway and subnet mask is helpful while resolving network
issues. The following questions
provides you a short description of...
What is DNS?Domain
Name Service (DNS) numbers
are IP addresses that a web server uses to
refer to specific servers that resolve domain names to IP addresses.
What is a GateWay?A
gateway IP refers to a device on a network which sends local network
traffic to other networks. In the technical language it is a hardware
device or software application
set up that translates between two
dissimilar protocols.
What is Subnet Mask?The subnet
mask number helps to identify the relationship between the host
(computers, routers, switches, etc.) and the rest of the
workgroup or
network. For the purpose of security and performance a subnet mask
divides IP networks into two different parts.