Networking Management

Local Access

Windows Built-In

# Network interface settings
ipconfig /all
# ARP table (ARP translates IPs to MACs)
arp -a
# DNS queries
nslookup ACADEMY-ICL-DC
# Open ports
netstat -an

Net Cmdlets

Cmdlet
Description

Get-NetIPInterface

Retrieve all visible network adapter properties.

Get-NetIPAddress

Retrieves the IP configurations of each adapter. Similar to IPConfig.

Get-NetNeighbor

Retrieves the neighbor entries from the cache. Similar to arp -a.

Get-Netroute

Will print the current route table. Similar to IPRoute.

Set-NetAdapter

Set basic adapter properties at the Layer-2 level such as VLAN id, description, and MAC-Address.

Set-NetIPInterface

Modifies the settings of an interface to include DHCP status, MTU, and other metrics.

New-NetIPAddress

Creates and configures an IP address.

Set-NetIPAddress

Modifies the configuration of a network adapter.

Disable-NetAdapter

Used to disable network adapter interfaces.

Enable-NetAdapter

Used to turn network adapters back on and allow network connections.

Restart-NetAdapter

Used to restart an adapter. It can be useful to help push changes made to adapter settings.

test-NetConnection

Allows for diagnostic checks to be ran on a connection. It supports ping, tcp, route tracing, and more.

Remote Access

SSH

WinRM

Enabled by default on Windows Servers.

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