TCP/IP Commands

Windows networking commands

whoami

Displays the name of the user logged into the system.

(MS+Linux)

hostname

Displays the name of the machine the user is logged into.

(MS+Linux)

systeminfo

Displays the information such as host name, OS version, installation date, hotfixes applied, and more.

(MS+Linux)

msinfo32

The GUI version of systeminfo

(MS)

Ipconfig

a Windows utility that displays the current TCP/IP network configuration and can refresh DHCP and DNS settings. It's used for troubleshooting network connectivity issues and understanding

tracer (web url)

trace the website and will show each hop in the route, along with the IP address of each router and the time it takes to reach the destination. This can help identify potential network issues or delays

(linux)

tracer (url)

Is the MS version of tracing a web site

netstat -a -p tcp

The –a command switch displays all connections and listening ports. The –p tcp command switch displays just those ports associated with the TCP protocol. This also helps make the output of the command more reasonable.

(MS)

netstat -I

list all the sockets

netstat -s

Displays the protocol statistic

wireshark

Will open the wireshark application