As an administrator, you should familiarize yourself with the following commandline
utilities:
• ARP Displays and manages the IP-to-Physical address mappings used by
Windows Server 2003 to send data on the TCP/IP network.
• AT Schedules programs to run automatically.
• DNSCMD Displays and manages the configuration of DNS services.
• FTP Starts the built-in FTP client.
• HOSTNAME Displays the computer name of the local system.
• IPCONFIG Displays the TCP/IP properties for network adapters installed on
the system. You can also use it to renew and release DHCP information.
• NBTSTAT Displays statistics and current connections for NetBIOS over TCP/IP.
• NET Displays a family of useful networking commands.
• NETSH Displays and manages the network configuration of local and remote
computers.
• NETSTAT Displays current TCP/IP connections and protocol statistics.
• NSLOOKUP Checks the status of a host or IP address when used with DNS.
• PATHPING Traces network paths and displays packet loss information.
• PING Tests the connection to a remote host.
• ROUTE Manages the routing tables on the system.
• TRACERT During testing, determines the network path taken to a remote
host.
To learn how to use these command-line tools, type the name at a command
prompt followed by /?. Windows Server 2003 then provides an overview of how
the command is used (in most cases).
