Networking IT pros have used a small set of console applications for decades to carry out basic troubleshooting activities. These help you to manage all manner of networking components. Tools such as Ipconfig, Tracert, and NSlookup are used by IT pros all over the world. The network shell (netsh) is another veritable treasure chest of tools to configure and manage your networking components.
The latest versions of PowerShell within the latest versions of the Windows operating system provide a wealth of new network-focused cmdlets that overlap with those old command-line tools. These tools represent new ways of doing old things.
Naturally, you shouldn't just use the new commands because you can. This recipe shows you that the new commands are often better and can be sufficiently different as compared to the older console (and a lot more useful...
