🪟 Windows Administration | Top 15 most useful Windows Command Line Utilities🕺

🪟 Windows Administration | Top 15 most useful Windows Command Line Utilities🕺

Speedtest - the windows cli version from Ookla is a great tool to remotely check throughput and latency.

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pathping - built-in windows tool similar to mtr from Linux

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curl ifconfig.me - will return your public IP address

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dig - useful Linux tool for DNS testing. Download using these instructions. The following command uses dig to find out which dns you are using.

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whois - Download the whois command from this location.

You can now find out to whom the above DNS server belongs from the query above.

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netsh wlan show interfaces - determine the WiFi signal strength

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iperf - Download from here. Use these servers from RocketNet: (UK WACS): iperf-uk1.rocketnet.co.za, (US EAST): iperf-us1.rocketnet.co.za and ZA (LOCAL): iperf-za1.rocketnet.co.za or these server from Cool Ideas: (Cape Town) ter-cpt-iperf-1.cisp.co.za, (Isando) ter-jhb-iperf-1.cisp.co.za, (Rosebank) is-jhb-iperf-1.cisp.co.za, (London) tele-lon-iperf.cisp.co.za and (London) queen.cisp.co.za.

The download test is

iperf3 -c <server> -t30 -R -P10 -O2

and the upload test is

iperf3 -c <server> -t30 -P10 - O2

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psinfo - provide system information including uptime.

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mturoute - tests the maximum mtu to a destination.

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wirelessnetconsole - lists all known information on visible wireless networks.

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fping - scan the network.

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Test an individual host

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nmap - install from here. View a cheat sheet for nmap.

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arp - a standard and useful tool to query whats on the LAN.

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netstat - display established connections on Windows.

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rscan - test for remote open ports.

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Bonus:

screentask - no a command line but a small exe that does screen sharing!
rkill - terminate any known malware processes. Does not work remotely.

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