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BCENT - Basic Cisco Entry Networking Technician: Using Command-Line Utilities

The document discusses useful command-line utilities for configuring and troubleshooting network clients and servers on both Windows and UNIX/Linux platforms. Some key commands listed for Windows include ipconfig, arp, netstat, ping, tracert, and route. Important UNIX commands include ifconfig, dig, nslookup, host, netstat, ping, and traceroute. These commands can be used to display IP and MAC address configuration, check connectivity, resolve domain names, and view network connections and routes.

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BCENT - Basic Cisco Entry Networking Technician: Using Command-Line Utilities

The document discusses useful command-line utilities for configuring and troubleshooting network clients and servers on both Windows and UNIX/Linux platforms. Some key commands listed for Windows include ipconfig, arp, netstat, ping, tracert, and route. Important UNIX commands include ifconfig, dig, nslookup, host, netstat, ping, and traceroute. These commands can be used to display IP and MAC address configuration, check connectivity, resolve domain names, and view network connections and routes.

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BCENT - Basic Cisco Entry

Networking Technician

Chapter 10
Using Command-Line Utilities
FOUNDATION TOPICS

•Windows Commands

•UNIX Commands
USING COMMAND-LINE UTILITIES

• What are some of the more useful Microsoft Windows and UNIX
commands for configuring and troubleshooting network clients and
servers?
USING COMMAND-LINE UTILITIES

• Configuring and troubleshooting networks involves issuing commands at


an operating system (OS) prompt.

 Commands can be used on both clients and servers.


 Some commands exist on both Microsoft Windows and UNIX/LINUX
platforms.
WINDOWS COMMANDS

•arp - displays the MAC address associated with a known IP address


 arp -a

•netstat – displays information about IP-based connections on a PC.


You can view information about current sessions, including source and
destination IP address and port numbers.
WINDOWS COMMANDS

•nbtstat- displays NetBIOS information for IP-based networks.


 nbtstat –a
o Displays the NetBIOS table of a remote PC

 nbtstat –c
o Displays a PC’s NetBIOS name cache
WINDOWS COMMANDS

•ipconfig – displays IP address configuration parameters on a


Windows PC

 ipconfig /all
o provides additional configuration info

 ipconfig /release
o releases an IP address from the PC

 ipconfig /renew
o requests an IP address from the DHCP server
WINDOWS COMMANDS

•ping – this command is used to check IP connectivity between two


network devices.
 ping –n 5 192.168.1.1
o Stops after 5 pings

•tracert – displays the path between your device (the source) and a
destination IP address, showing each router hop
 tracert 192.168.1.1
o Note: switches are not in the hops
WINDOWS COMMANDS

•route – change or display contents of a PC’s current IP routing table

 route print
o Displays the contents of the IP routing table
 route delete
o Delete an entry from the IP routing table

• nslookup – resolves a Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) to an IP


address.
UNIX COMMANDS

•man – displays information on how to use a UNIX command (short for


manual)

•arp – displays the MAC address associated with a known IP address


UNIX COMMANDS

•nslookup and dig – resolves FQDNs to IP addresses


o The dig command returns more information

•host – will also resolve FQDNs to IP addresses


UNIX COMMANDS

•ifconfig – displays IP address configuration parameters


o Similar to ipconfig on a Windows device

•route –n – displays the default gateway

•traceroute – displays the path between your device (the source)


and a destination IP address, showing each router hop
o Similar to tracert on a Windows device
UNIX COMMANDS

•netstat – display information about IP-based connections


o View information about current sessions, including source and destination IP
address and port numbers.

•ping – checks IP connectivity between two network devices (by default,


pings forever)
 ping –c 5 192.168.1.1
o Stops after 5 pings
SUMMARY

•Windows Commands

arp ipconfig
nbtstat netstat
nslookup ping
route tracert
•UNIX Commands
man arp
dig and nslookup host
ifconfig traceroute
netstat ping

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