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Managing network services

Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

Managing network services

  • Using the Windows interface

  • Using command-line tools

Using the Windows interface

The following table lists some of the most common tasks for managing network services, and the tools you can use to perform them. For more information, click the corresponding link under Tool or Feature.

Task Tool or feature

Manage availability and scalability of objects on your network.

Availability and Scalability

Set up and configure a DHCP or DNS server.

Configuring Roles for Your Server

Configure communication links for network connections, modems, and wireless networking.

Configuring Communication Links

Configure communication services for telephony.

Configuring Communication Services

Enable dynamic allocation of IP addresses and other related configuration details for clients on your network, by administering the DHCP service.

DHCP

Administer the Domain Name System (DNS) service. DNS enables client computer to resolve DNS domain names of network objects. Once domain names are resolved on your computer, you can access resources offered by other computers on your network or other networks, such as the Intranet.

DNS

Configure and administer Internet and E-mail services.

Internet and E-mail Services

Configure Internet Protocol Security.

Internet Protocol Security (IPSec)

Manage bandwidth issues, such as Quality of Service (QoS) and Windows Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) Services.

Managing Bandwidth

Choose and manage remote connections and methods through routing and remote access, Connection Manager, Connection Point Services, virtual private networks, and Internet Authentication Service.

Managing Remote Connections

Create, save, and open administrative tools (in the form of snap-ins) that manage hardware, software, and network components of a local or remote computer, or multiple computers.

Microsoft Management Console

Set up, configure and manage network connections.

Network Connections

Display information about your computer, operating system, network, and network adapters; perform standard tests for network connectivity.

Using Network Diagnostics

Gather information about network traffic status.

Network Monitor

Obtain status information about network hosts such as servers, workstations, or routers, bridges, and hubs from a centrally-located computer on network using TCP/IP.

SNMP

Enable Windows-based computers to connect and share information with other Microsoft and non-Microsoft systems.

TCP/IP Core Networking Service

Resolve names for computer and groups on a network using the NetBIOS naming protocol.

WINS

For more information about deploying network services, see "Deploying Network Services" at the Microsoft Windows Resource Kits Web site.

For more information about managing network services, see the "Networking Guide" at the Microsoft Windows Resource Kits Web site.

Using command-line tools

The following table lists some of the most common tasks for managing network services, and the command-line tools you can use to perform them. For more information, click the corresponding link under Command-line tool.

Task Command-line tool

Display and modify entries in the Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) cache

Arp

Monitor connections and addresses that are registered by the ATM Call Manager on an asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network; display statistics for incoming and outgoing calls on ATM adapters.

Atmadm

Transfer files to and from a computer running a File Transfer Protocol (FTP) server service such as Internet Information Services.

Ftp

Display the media access control (MAC) address and list of network protocols associated with each address for all network cards in each computer, either locally or across a network.

Getmac

Display the host name portion of the full computer name of the computer.

Hostname

Display all current TCP/IP network configuration values or refresh Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) and Domain Name System (DNS) settings.

Ipconfig

Display or modify information about the routing tables used by the IPX protocol.

Ipxroute

Send files over an infrared link.

Irftp

Display the configuration of a multicast router to aid in the troubleshooting of multicast forwarding and routing problems

Using the IP multicasting utilities

Display NetBIOS over TCP/IP (NetBT) protocol statistics, NetBIOS name tables for both the local computer and remote computers, or the NetBIOS name cache.

Nbtstat

Check network status and other configuration information.

Net services overview

Display or modify the network configuration of a local or remote computer that is currently running.

Netsh overview

Display active TCP connections, ports on which the computer is listening, Ethernet statistics, the IP routing table, IPv4 statistics (for the IP, ICMP, TCP, and UDP protocols), and IPv6 statistics (for the IPv6, ICMPv6, TCP over IPv6, and UDP over IPv6 protocols).

Netstat

Manage network load balancing.

Nlb

Display information that you can use to diagnose Domain Name System (DNS) infrastructure. .

Nslookup

Obtain information about network latency and network loss at intermediate hops between a source and destination; send multiple Echo Request messages to each router between a source and destination over a period of time and then compute results based on the packets returned from each router.

Pathping

Verify IP-level connectivity to another TCP/IP computer by sending Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Echo Request messages.

Ping

Display and modify the entries in the local IP routing table.

Route

Manage TCP/IP.

TCP/IP utilities and services

Transfer files to and from a remote computer, typically a computer running UNIX, that is running the Trivial File Transfer Protocol (TFTP) service or daemon.

Tftp

Determine the path taken to a destination by sending Internet Control Message Protocol (ICMP) Echo Request or ICMPv6 messages to the destination with incrementally increasing Time to Live (TTL) field values.

Tracert

For more information about the command shell, see Command shell overview. For information about tools used to manage the command-prompt window, see Manage the command-prompt window. For an alphabetical list of all of the command-line tools, see Command-line reference A-Z.