The following commands are like a cheat sheet of essential Windows repair commands. DO NOT USE THESE UNLESS YOU KNOW WHAT YOU ARE DOING. RESEARCH EVERY ONE OF THESE COMMANDS BEFORE EXECUTING. BACK UP YOUR SYSTEM PROPERLY. Command Purpose sfc /scannow Scans and Repairs corrupted or missing system files with the System File Checker (see […]
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Capturing network traffic with VLAN tags on a Windows computer can be tricky due to how network adapters and capture software handle VLAN-tagged frames. By default, Windows often strips VLAN tags before passing packets to capture applications like Wireshark. However, there are ways to configure your setup to properly capture VLAN information. 1. Install the
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Here is a list of interesting/useful network/IP commands for Windows. Most of these commands must be run from the CMD app. To do this Open Command Prompt: In the search bar, type cmd and press Enter, or press Win + R to open the Run dialog. Administrative Privileges: In some cases you will need to
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The nslookup command is a built-in network administration tool available on Windows, macOS, and many Linux distributions. It is used to query DNS servers to retrieve information about domain names, IP addresses, and DNS records. Basic Syntax: nslookup [hostname] [DNS server] Components: Common Use Cases: Example Output: Query a Domain: nslookup example.com Output: Server: dns.googleAddress:
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Windows Firewall allows you to control the traffic entering and leaving your system through various rules. You can create and configure firewall rules to permit or block specific network activities. Below are some examples of Windows Firewall rules, including inbound and outbound rules: Example 1: Allow Inbound Traffic on a Specific Port (e.g., HTTP –
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If you use Windows and you are a Networking person technical or non-technical, you will find our toolkit to put all the useful Windows capabilities at your fingertips in a simple menu driven batch file. Before we start, you can download and install this toolkit here (instructions for installing are provided on that page). Here
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Well folks, I have decided to make this toolkit available to all. Just download it here. The Linux bash version can be downloaded here. Yes, Windows offers several built-in tools and utilities that can help with networking tasks and commands. Here’s an overview of some of the most useful tools: The problem is these are
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Yesterday I wanted to mess around with IPv6 Temporary addresses on my computer. Let me start with an overview of IPv6 Temporary addresses. IPv6 Temporary Addresses are a feature designed to enhance privacy for devices using the IPv6 protocol. In the IPv6 addressing scheme, devices typically have both a permanent (static) address and one or
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As always seems to be the case, there are several ways to find the MAC (Media Access Control) address of your interfaces in Windows. I am going to try to make this easy and considerate of different versions of Windows out there. Using the Command Line To find the Windows MAC address from Command Line,
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If you have been to one of my Wireshark or Wi-Fi classes then you know I often criticize Microsoft Windows for some of its – well – inexplicable approaches to usage and security. Here is yet another example. Windows stores several important pieces of information in Wi-Fi profiles to facilitate automatic connections to known networks
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Say it isn’t true! For the first time in the world (for me) I can put a Wi-Fi interface on a Windows 10 machine into Monitor mode!!!!! Monitor Mode in Windows At Last! I know, this is boring to a few of you because you have been capable of this. You are spoiled. You are
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Check out these great references as well: Our custom profiles repository for Wireshark Our Udemy course on Wireshark Our Udemy course on Wireless Packet capture Whenever your web browser connects to a web server using HTTPS, a secure connection is established, keys are exchanged, and the traffic is encrypted. We won’t spend any time in
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Check out these great references as well: Our custom profiles repository for Wireshark Our Udemy course on Wireshark Our Udemy course on Wireless Packet capture Apparently this is a common problem, where on Windows systems you do not see any interfaces: There are a couple of things to try: 1. If you are using the
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Microsoft has added a packet sniffing/packet capture tool in the latest Windows 10 update. We have previously discussed using the ‘netsh’ command to do packet capture in Windows (see my article here). The pktmon tool is new. What does this mean? Is it better than netsh? Does it integrate with Wireshark? Well, it means you
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Check out these great references as well: Our Wireless custom profile for Wireshark Our Udemy course on Wireless Packet capture Our other Wi-Fi related articles There are several other articles that we have written on various Windows 10 WLAN/Wi-Fi commands that you can execute to perform various important wireless information gathering and management. We will
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