Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Troubleshoot network problems with Windows XP's Netsh Diag commands

The Netsh command's Diag context allows you to perform a number of networkoperations that can be very useful in troubleshooting. The main commands in theDiag context include:

•Connect: It allows you to connect to news, mail, and proxy servers.
•Ping: It allows you to ping WINS, IP, news, mail, proxy, DNS, and adapters.
•Show: It displays mail, news, proxy, computer, operating system, network adapter, modem, and network client information.
To access the Netsh command's Diag context:

1.Open a Command Prompt.
2.Type Netsh and press [Enter].
3.Type Diag and press [Enter].
4.Type any one of the main commands and you'll see a complete list of all the sub commands that fall under the main command.

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