TCP/IP Tutorials and Resources

Here are some common tools needed for checking your IP connection address, upload and download speed, etc.

• What's your current IP address?

  • http://www.whatismyip.com/
  • This javascript shows your WAN IP address

   

• How fast is your internet connection - upload and download speeds? Check it with these tools:

  • http://www.speedtest.net/
  • http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
     
• Some Microsoft Tutorials
   
  • Introduction to TCP/IP
  • ABCs of TCP/IP - 10/98

• IP Diagnostic Tools

  • Ping Plotter  http://www.pingplotter.com/
  • Windows Programs

    In Windows XP click Start, then Run and enter cmd
                    (or point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt and enter)
    at the command prompt >, enter one of the following programs:

    • ipconfig to see your current TCP/IP settings
      • or ipconfig /all             to see all the IP address settings
      • or ipconfig /release      to release the IP address settings
      • or ipconfig /renew       to renew all the IP address settings 
      • or ipconfig /help          to see all the optional parameters
    •  
    • ping e.g. Try entering "ping www.novell.com" or "ping www.microsoft.com"
    • tracert e.g. Try entering "tracert www.microsoft.com"
    • dxdiag - to check on your current PC configurations

    In other Windows versions, at the DOS command prompt >, enter one of the following programs:

    • Run winipcfg to see your current TCP/IP settings
    • Run ping e.g. Try to "ping www.novell.com" or "ping www.microsoft.com".
    • Run tracert e.g. Try to "tracert www.microsoft.com"
    • Run dxdiag - to check on your current PC configurations
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• www.ethereal.com - Ethereal is a free network protocol analyzer for Unix and Windows. It allows you to examine data from a live network or from a capture file on disk. You can interactively browse the capture data, viewing summary and detail information for each packet.
• How to track an IP address? http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=track+an+IP+address
• IP Address Analysis - http://www.slais.ubc.ca/courses/libr500/fall1999/www_presentations/g_coleman/ipanalysis.htm
• Analysis of your Internet Connection - your IP address, privacy, etc. - http://privacy.net/analyze/
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• Info on Windows XP Ethernet Network Bridges - http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ie=UTF-8&q=network+bridge

 10/20/2010

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