Using TCP/IP tools for troubleshooting
Some of the following commands can be used to track any TCP/IP errors. The commands can be used to examine whether or not any router is down or any connection is established. It will then help us a lot to decide on the proper solution.
The ipconfig command
We used the
ipconfig command earlier to identify the MAC address and the IP address. In addition to this, we can use this command to check the TCP/IP configuration. We can also use this command as explained in the upcoming sections.
Displaying the full configuration information
To display the configuration information completely, we can call the following command on the console:
ipconfig /all
All the configuration information about the network adapter will be displayed for us, such as the network interface card, wireless card, and Ethernet adapter, like we have already tried in The Data Link layer section in this chapter when we looked for MAC Address.
Displaying DNS
The following command will display...
