Important Network Troubleshooting Commands - Necessary DOS Prompt Commands

Useful Computer Network Commands

1.Network Command: Ping

Ping command is used to check connectivity between your computer and any other network device (with an IP addrerss) in your network.

Eg: Ping 4.2.2.2

Here you are checking the connectivity between your computer and global DNS server. Check this article to know more about the usage of Ping command to check local network connectivity issues.

Check Connectivity Issues using Ping Command


2. Network Command : netstat


Netstat is used to check the active TCP/IP connection between your computer and Internet. To know more about it click on Netstat command.

3. Network Command: ipconfig

ipconfig retrieves the IP address, subnet mask and Physical address (Adapter address) of the computer.

4. Network Command: finger

Finger is used to get information about a user in your network.

5. Network Command: NBTSTAT

Network command NBTSTAT is used to display protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NetBIOS over TCP/IP . To know more about it clcik on NBTSTAT.

6.Network Command: Tracert

Tracert is used to find the nodes between your computer and destination node. It means tracert shows the path.

7. Command Route

Route command help you to view and make changes in routing table in stored in your computer.

8. ipconfig /displaydns

This command shows the cached DNS details stored in your computer.

8: ipconfig /flushdns

The command ipconfig /flushdns allow you to flush already saved DNS details in your computer. It help you to fix many DNS issues in your computer.

9: netsh int ip reset c:\tcp.txt

This command reset the TCP suit in your computer.


10: netsh winsock reset

Command netsh winsock reset is used to reset Windows socket in your computer.


11: ARP

Displays and modifies the IP-to-Physical address translation tables used by Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
12. Network Command: pathping
Command pathping is a network tracing command.