Right order of resetting Winsock and TCP/IP, IPv6, PowerShell.

Question

Hello everyone,

in which order should Winsock and the TCP/IP stack be reset?

First "netsh winsock reset" and then "netsh int ip reset" as described here, or vice versa as described here or here (where even the ipconfig commands come first)?
Or is the order less critical?

Entering "netsh int ip" (only) takes you to the IPv4 subcontext.
Shouldn't the IPv6 part also be reset using "netsh int ipv6 reset"?

When entering the netsh commands, the following message is displayed:

In future versions of Windows, Microsoft might remove the Netsh functionality for TCP/IP.Microsoft recommends that you transition to Windows PowerShell if you currently use netsh to configure and manage TCP/IP.

Does anyone have a tip for the corresponding Powershell commands?
Thank you for any feedback!
Greetings, Martin

Answer 1

Hello, Resetting Winsock will undo configurations made to the Winsock Catalog. A reset reverts the wsock32 DLL file back to its default setting, giving such software a fresh start at connecting to TCP/IP traffic. "netsh int ip reset" will reset TCP/IP configuration and restore TCP/IP to its original state. If you use IPv4 or IPv6, use the command lines below to reset IP address: netsh int ipv4 reset netsh int ipv6 reset About the PowerShell usage, about commands can be used and you can type commend line with /? to obtain helpful information.

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