Working with Network Troubleshooting Tools

Windows 8 TCP/IP comes with a few command-line utilities you can use to review your TCP/IP settings and troubleshoot problems. Here’s a list of the available utilities:

ARP—This utility displays (or modifies) the IP-to-Ethernet or IP-to-Token Ring address translation tables used by the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) in TCP/IP. Enter the command arp -? for the syntax.

NBTSTAT—This utility displays the protocol statistics and the current TCP/IP connections using NBT (NetBIOS over TCP/IP). Enter nbtstat -? for the syntax.

NETSTAT—This utility displays the protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections. The command netstat -? displays the syntax.

PING—This utility can check a network connection ...

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