nbtstat is a little used command in the windows world. It shows NetBIOS statistics. NetBIOS dates back to the day when no one used TCP/IP and DNS. It was Microsoft’s method of getting machines to talk to each other. It’s the equivalent of machines shouting out (broadcasting) names looking for each other. However, it is [...]
This is a video on the command ipconfig and many of the things that it does. Ipconfig can release/renew your IP address It will also show information about your network card. It also allows you to create specialized scope options if you have a Windows DHCP server. It will register your machine with the DNS [...]
The command nslookup is a command that allows you to look up dns records. The scary thing about it is that if your DNS is incorrectly configured, then it allows people to scan your entire DNS structure. Also this video states how to allow your machine to perform nslookups with dns forwarding. Providing training videos [...]