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OCTOBER 3, 2017
ipconfig Commands & Ping cmd – DOS Network
Commands List
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A list of networking commands available from the Command Prompt in
Windows. Such as IPCONFIG, PING, TRACERT and more. These
command line tools are used to troubleshoot internet issues and local
networking hangups. Please comment below if you have any questions.
All IPCONFIG Commands List
ipconfig /all
ipconfig /release
ipconfig /renew
ipconfig /displaydns
ipconfig /flushdns
ipconfig /registerdns
The ipconfig command is used to find out your current local IP address,
default gateway, TCP/IP settings and more. With IPCONFIG you can
not only find out your IP Address, find your default gateway and find
your subnet mask, you can release and renew, resolve the DNS,
troubleshoot internet connections and more. This is a very handy
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network tool for finding your local IP address as well as many other
secrets.
All IPCONFIG Commands Explained
ipconfig /all
To display all of your current IP information for all adapters. With
ipconfig /all you can also find out your DNS Server and MAC Address.
This will show your ethernet adapters full TCPIP configuration for all
adapters on your Windows computer. You can find out your own IP
Address as well as your default gateway.
ipconfig /release
Use IPCONFIG release to release your current IP information and
obtain a new IP Address from the DHCP server.
ipconfig /renew
Use to IPCONFIG renew to renew your IP Address if you have it set to
obtain IP Address automatically.
ipconfig /displaydns
This shows your current DNS resolver cache logs. DNS caching basically
tells your computer to store the DNS locally. Meaning it now knows
what website name is attached to what IP address and it can load faster
using the DNS cache instead of having to resolve to it.
ipconfig /flushdns
The Flush DNS Command flushes or clears your current DNS resolver
cache logs. If a website were to switch host or get a new IP address, yet
still have an old DNS cache, it would direct you to a no longer working
site. In this case, you would have to flush the DNS to obtain fresh
information upon your next visit. This can happen if a website has a
dynamic IP.
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ipconfig /registerdns
The register DNS command updates the DNS settings on the Windows
computer. It doesn’t just access the local DNS cache, it initiates
communication with the DNS server and the DHCP server so it can re
register the network address. You can use this for troubleshooting
problems with connection to the ISP (Internet Service Provider), like
failing to obtain a dynamic IP address from the DHCP Server or failing
to connect to the ISP DNS server.
If you ever wonder "what your IP Address is" you would run an ipconfig
as shown above. Note, this will only show you your local network
private IP address and not your WAN address. If you need to find your
IP address, default gateway(router login) or subnet mask, then ipconfig
is the command prompt tool to use. These numbers can be very helpful
when trouble shooting your internet connection. If you have changed
your settings but they are not taking place you may try a ipconfig release
and renew. If you’re having problems resolving to a website you may try
flushing your DNS Resolver Logs.
PING Commands List
In all of these examples “xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx” is an example of a Domain
Name or an IP Address. You must fill those out yourself.
ping xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
To Ping an IP Address you would type the following DOS Command in
the Windows Command Prompt. Ping followed by an IP address. That is
how you do an internet ping.
ping site.com (web address)
To ping a website you would type ping followed by the website domain
name. If you know the websites IP Address you can ping it too.
All Ping Command Switches
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You maybe use the switches together.
ping xxx.xxx.xx.xx ‐t
Continuous Ping – It will keep on pinging forever until you hit Ctrl + C
to stop it. This can be great for troubleshooting intermittent
connections. Just open up a Command Prompt(or 3) and run the
continuous ping command on a site like Google.com to see when you’re
dropping packets. I would also run one on your router and on another
site like site.com for a better data sample control group. What I mean by
this, is if you’re pinging your website and losing packets yet not losing
packets to Google, you know the problem is somewhere between you
and your hosting company. If you are losing packets to your own router,
the problem is with your local network. It could be the cat5 cable, your
router or your hardware. You will have to do further troubleshooting to
figure out where the problem is. To check if it is your router, do the
same ping from another computer and if it is fine, it is your hardware or
cable and not the router. You get the idea, use your head, be logical,
troubleshoot.
ping xxx.xxx.xx.xx ‐n 10
Number of Pings – The N Switch is simply for setting the number of
pings. By default the ping cmd sends out 4 packets at 32 bytes each.
ping xxx.xxx.xx.xx ‐l 1500
Size of Packet – By default the packets sent are a small 32 bytes. You
can set your own size up to the max 65500 bytes. This can really help
for stress testing your local network.
ping xxx.xxx.xx.xx ‐w 5000
Time Out – This is in milliseconds. The timeout by default is 4,000
milliseconds which amounts to 4 minutes. Just seeing if you were still
paying attention. It really is only 4 seconds.
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ping ‐a xxx.xxx.xx.xx
Resolves Hostname Address – This is a great one if you are helping
someone else and need to find out what router model they are using.
You an resolve the host of an IP Address with this command. Try
pinging your router or your local computer with it. ping a 127.0.0.1.
Note that this switch will only work in front of the IP Address.
Ping Command Summary
The Ping command is a network tool used to determine if you are able
to send packets between your network computer on the internet to
another computer without losing packets along the way. By doing this
you can determine if you’re online or if a website is down. It also
calculates round trip time and Time to Live. This can let you know if
your NIC card is working properly and if you’re able to reach your
router or modem. It is an invaluable command for troubleshooting
internal network and external internet connections.
Basic Windows Network Tools
tracert site.com
With Trace route you can trace the path your packets take across the
internet from you to your destination. Along the way you can determine
the time from hop to hop. You can identify server problems and latency
with this tool. It really helps see where the failure is between you and a
destination. It may very well even be out of your hands.
nslookup site.com
nslookup xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
nslookup is a way to get the IP address for a domain name. You can also
do a reverse lookup from Domain Name to IP Address. It can be a way
to find out if your DNS is properly working or if the site is having
problems. You can obtain an IP from a site and try to visit the IP
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directly, bypassing the Domain Name Servers that would usually resolve
the Domain name to IP name.
netstat
netstat can be used to view your active network connections and TCP/IP
connections. You can determine what ports are open and being used,
what programs are using your ports and what kind of TCP and UDP
connections are present. Looking in here for the first time may scare the
hell out of you.
netstat Switches
netstat ‐a Displays all active TCP connections. And TCP / UDP ports.
netstat ‐e Displays ethernet statistics.
netstat ‐b Displays all active programs that are listening.
netsh winsock reset winsock reset
netsh int ip reset resetlog.txt TCP/IP reset
netsh is used to reset or rebuild the Windows TCP/IP IP Stack. This can
be done if you have a problem with DNS. Say you are able to browse to a
sites IP address but not to it’s Domain Name. You can find the sites IP
by using nslookup mentioned above.
You may need to run this command as an administrator by right
clicking, run as admin for elevated permissions.
getmac
How do I find my MAC Address you might ask?
If you open up the command prompt you simply type getmac to get your
computers local MAC address.
arp ‐a
To get the MAC address of your router or other devices on your local
network, you may use the arp a command. With this information, you
can find out what type of router you are connected to by using this
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website. Simply plug in the MAC Address of your default gateway(found
from IPCONFIG) and you can get the brand name of your router
without looking at it. Pretty neat. Helpful in some situations.
How To Access Command Prompt
The best command prompt trick is how easy it is to access it. On
Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7 or Windows 8 just press and hold the
Windows Key + R on your keyboard. The other way to access the
DOS Command prompt is to simply go to your Windows Start menu,
Then go to Run. When the little box pops up you type in cmd. Once the
Black Command Prompt pops up you can type any of these commands
in and have some fun!
After all that seriousness and command prompt operating you should
take yourself a break and watch these Networking Computer Nerd Rap
videos by Cisco and Scrutinizer.
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You will love them!
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Table of Contents
All IPCONFIG Commands List
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All IPCONFIG Commands Explained
PING Commands List
All Ping Command Switches
Ping Command Summary
Basic Windows Network Tools
How To Access Command Prompt
Ask a question!
Tom
Hi,
I wanted to know if there is a way to automatically ping all the
ESTABLISHED connections (with the default 32 bytes of data four
times and see which time did they take and how many were lost)
after doing a netsat without typing their IP addresses by using a
.BAT file
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gerald
Thanks for the list of commands.
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Hakim
Hi…
Can someone tell me what is the command for ping that will show
the time and date?
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roman
Simply type time in cmd it will give you information of time.
Leonard
Actually you could ping a range of IP addresses via Powershell.
Use a starting IP address and a loop to increment each IP in the
range.
E.g.:
#Ping an IP address range by IP
#Then use ARP a to flag invalid IPs
$networkIP = “192.168.1.”
For ($i=1; $i IT 10; $i++)
{
$IP = $networkIP + $i
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ping $IP
}
Look for “Request Timed Out” in the response. If that happens –
print the IP that was pinged.
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Abubakar Hassan
I checked my IP but when I checked it again, the IP Address
changed. Is the IP address not a constant?
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StickyStatic
No, the local IP Address does not remain constant by default.
This is known as a “dynamic IP” handed out to you by your
router using DHCP.
What you want is a “static IP” but you must manually assign it.
You should be able to assign a static IP Address to your
computer though and this could vary by operating system.
This is also something you are able to do from most routers
GUI.
Unidexter
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Thank you. Much appreciated.
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Murtaza
Thanks to all but arp a is use for MAC address of your router or
other devices on your local network. I want a command which help
me to provide a list of free ip’s addresses in a local networks?
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Murtaza
How I find the list of free IP addresses using command prompt in
local networks?
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StickyStatic
I think you could do “arp a” to see all currently used IP’s and
pick an address that is not in use?
BASIL
By using the command ipconfig in command mode.
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StickyStatic
I’m pretty sure they want IP Addresses not in use which is why
the arp a command will show addresses in use and the ones
that are not are obvious.
shandel
thank you
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jenna
How do I find my DNS on my Galaxy Prime phone?
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StickyStatic
I’m assuming that’s a Samsung running the Android OS.
Connect to your wireless network.
Hold down the network you’re connected to.
Go to Modify Connection.
Hit Advanced.
Under IP Settings select Static and scroll down for DNS.
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I just checked and mine is the Google DNS server address of
8.8.8.8. Maybe all Androids are?
ali
This list of commands was extremely helpful, thank you so much.
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