Basic Windows CMD TCP/IP Tools and Commands

This is a simple guide and explanation of tools and commands found in windows command prompt.

Version of Windows I am running:

Windows 7 RTM SP1 64 bit

It's best if you can run CMD as administrator nevertheless the tools works anyhow.

1. Ping Command

This command everyone should now, it pings the IP/Hostname/URL and report the latency of the connection, it also resolves hostname and url to IP.

C:\Users\Public\ping 192.168.1.1
Pinging 192.168.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
Reply from 192.168.1.1: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=64
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C:\Users\Public\ping othniel-pc2
Pinging Othniel-PC2 [fe80::c865:25ab:4cde:7f3e%29] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from fe80::c865:25ab:4cde:7f3e%29: time<1ms
Reply from fe80::c865:25ab:4cde:7f3e%29: time<1ms
Reply from fe80::c865:25ab:4cde:7f3e%29: time<1ms
Reply from fe80::c865:25ab:4cde:7f3e%29: time<1ms
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C:\Users\Public\ping othniel-pc2 -4
Pinging Othniel-PC2 [192.168.56.1] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 192.168.56.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.56.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.56.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 192.168.56.1: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

2. ARP Command

arp command display the MAC Address and type of IP addressing (Static or Dynamic) of  the IP stored in your computer cache, in order for this command to work, you have to ping the address first to get it in your cache then issue this command.

C:\Users\Public\arp -a

Interface: 192.168.1.7 --- 0xc

   Internet Address      Physical Address      Type
   192.168.1.1           00-25-5e-3e-4b-11     dynamic

   192.168.1.4           38-e7-d8-19-34-90     dynamic

3. Hostname Command

This command displays the computer's hostname.

C:\User\Public\hostname

othniel-pc2

4. Ipconfig Command

Gets IP Configuration

C:\User\Public\ipconfig

> Shows IP Configuration

C:\User\Public\ipconfig /all

> Shows detailed IP Configuration

C:\User\Public\ipconfig /renew

> Renew an IP lease

C:\User\Public\ipconfig /release

> Releasing an IP lease

C:\User\Public\ipconfig /flushdns

> Clear DNS cache

 5. Nbtstat Command
Display Hostname and Workgroup of an IP

C:\User\Public\nbtstat -a othniel-pc2

           NetBIOS Remote Machine Name Table

       Name               Type         Status
    ---------------------------------------------
    OTHNIEL-PC2    <00>  UNIQUE      Registered
    WORKGROUP      <00>  GROUP       Registered
    OTHNIEL-PC2    <20>  UNIQUE      Registered
    WORKGROUP      <1E>  GROUP       Registered
    WORKGROUP      <1D>  UNIQUE      Registered
    ..__MSBROWSE__.<01>  GROUP       Registered

    MAC Address = 00-06-4F-4B-9B-31

That's all :D

An advanced post is coming-I think :)