TCP/IP comes with a set of command line utilities that a network technician can use to manage and troubleshoot a network.
PING is used to test the ability of two hosts on a network to communicate. To test the connection, type in PING followed by the name or IP address of the other host. If the host can be reached, PING will report the time required to receive a reply from the host. If the host cannot be reached, PING will provide a report containing some information that may indicate the cause of the problem.
Windows computers will transmit four PING messages. If the host cannot be reached, some operating systems will continue to send packets until to cancel the PING command by pressing the Control-C key combination.
TRACERT is used to trace the route between two hosts on a network. To trace a route, type in TRACERT followed by the name or IP address of the other host. TRACERT will list each router it encountered along the path between a computer and the destination host. It also reports the number of hops between a computer and the destination.
NBTSTAT is used to troubleshoot NetBIOS names when you're working with NetBIOS over TCP/IP. The NetBIOS name cache lists the NetBIOS names and related IP addresses. If your LMHOSTS file has entries with the #PRE tag, these entries are preloaded into the NetBIOS cache, NetBIOS names and related IP addresses can also be supplied by the WINS server. The NBTSTAT command can be used to display or correct entries in the NetBIOS name cache.
RemoteName - Remote host machine name.
IP address - Dotted decimal representation of the IP address.
interval - Redisplays selected statistics, pausing interval seconds between each display. Press Ctrl-C to stop redisplaying statistics.