Chapter 11. Configuring Windows 7 with netsh
This chapter provides information and commands concerning the following topics:
• Configuring the network interface with netsh
Understanding netsh
The Net Shell (netsh) command is a rich command-line scripting tool that enables you to display and modify the network configuration of local and remote computers. You can run netsh commands from the netsh prompt, from the command prompt, or from a batch file.
For example, if you wanted to open port 5678 on a firewall, you could do it three different ways using netsh, as shown in the following table.
Figure 11-1 shows how these commands look when entered at the command prompt. You ...
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