Win Server 2008, 2008 R2 Netsh Technical Reference – Or “How I stopped worrying and learned to love this nuclear Swiss Army Knife of a command line utility”

Microsoft Downloads - Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows Server 2008 Netsh Technical Reference

“Network shell (netsh) is a command-line utility that allows you to configure and display the status of various network communications server roles and components after they are installed on computers running Windows Server® 2008 R2, Windows Server® 2008, Windows® 7, or Windows Vista®.

File Name:	Netsh_TechnicalReference.chm
Version:	1.0
Date Published:	5/19/2010
Language:	English
Download Size:	882 KB

 

Network shell (netsh) is a command-line utility that allows you to configure settings and display the status of various network communications server roles and components after they are installed on computers running Windows Server® 2008 R2, and Windows Server® 2008. You can run Netsh commands manually by typing commands at the netsh command prompt, as well as running the commands in batch files and scripts. Additionally, you can use netsh commands to configure settings and display the status of network components on the local computer and on remote computers. In most cases, netsh commands provide the same functionality that is available when using the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) snap-in for each server role or component. There are, however, netsh commands for some network functionality, such as for IPv6, network bridge, and remote procedure call (RPC), that are not available in the user interface as an MMC snap-in. Some client technologies, such as Network Access Protection (NAP) client, Wirelesss Hosted Network also provide netsh commands that allow you to configure client computers running Windows 7 or Windows Vista

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Like I say in the title, netsh is like a nuclear Swiss Army knife of network command line utilities. And the thought of trying to learn if only via its built-in/embedded help is, well… not a thought I want in my brain. So when I saw this I knew I needed to capture it for future reference…

Here’s a couple snaps of the the CHM;

 

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