Used to find or set a computer’s hostname
hostname
Displays network status and protocol statistics
netstat
Allows you to capture and analyze network traffic going through your system
tcpdump
Allows you to add, modify, or delete user accts, and display detailed info about user accts on a local computer or domain
net user
Provides info about a computer’s network settings
ipconfig
Provides detailed, real-time info on your networks, and on the devices connected to them
nmap
Tool for querying the DNS to obtain mapping between domain name and IP address
nslookup
Allows users to view and manipulate the IP routing table on a computer
route
Combines the functionality of ping and tracert to diagnose network issues
pathping
Checks the connectivity between two computer systems
ping
View the version of the Windows operating system
winver
Provides more detailed info about DNS
dig
Displays and modifies the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache
arp
Show’s a packets path from host to destination
tracert
Reboots a computer
shutdown /r
Shuts down a computer
shutdown /s
Logs off the current user
shutdown /l
Enters sleep or hibernation mode
shutdown /h
Checks and fixes logical errors on a computer hard disk
chkdsk /f
Locates bad sectors and recovers data on a computer’s hard disk
chkdsk /r
Forces the volume to dismount first if necessary, allowing for deeper checks on a computer hard disk
chkdsk /x
Clears the bad cluster list and rescans all clusters for errors
chkdsk /b