TCP/IP Utilities
Other residents of the Application layer are TCP/IP’s utilities (shown in Table 7.2). The TCP/IP utilities originally were developed around the Internet and early Unix networks. These utilities are now used to configure, manage, and troubleshoot TCP/IP networks throughout the world, and versions of these utilities are available with Windows and other network operating systems.
| Utility | Description |
|---|---|
| Connectivity Utilities | |
| IPConfig | A Windows utility that displays TCP/IP configuration settings. (The Unix utility ifconfig is similar.) |
| Ping | A utility that tests for network connectivity. |
| Arp | A utility that lets you view (and possibly modify) the ARP cache of a local or remote computer. The ARP cache contains the physical ... |
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