Quickly Diagnose Network Connectivity Issues Using HyperTrace In Windows

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HyperTrace is a free and easy to use graphical version of the popular command line traceroute tool and is available for Windows (tracert is the built-in command in Windows by default which can be accessed from Windows command prompt). It can be used to quickly check for network connectivity issues between the source and destination networks and also be helpful to see parts of networks which are troublesome...

How To Quickly Test Download Speed From Multiple Locations In Windows

How To Quickly Test Download Speed From Multiple Locations In Windows
Here’s how to quickly test download speed from multiple locations in Windows: 1. Go to www.nirsoft.net/utils/download_speed_tester.html and get ‘DownTester’ utility by downloading and saving the ‘downtester.zip’ file. 2. Extract the contents of ‘downtester.zip’ file and run ‘DownTester.exe’ to start the application. 3. Click on ‘File>Add...

How To Quickly Connect To A Windows Share From Command Prompt

How To Quickly Connect To A Windows Share From Command Prompt
Most of the Windows users know how to map a network share as drive to their Windows system. It involves several mouse clicks. But there is even a quicker and easier way to do the same thing from command prompt. Here’s how to quickly connect to a Windows share from command prompt: 1. Issue the following command at the command prompt – net use <free drive letter> <UNC path to the...

How To Get Functionality Of Ping And Tracert In A Single Command In Windows 7

PathPing command in Windows
PathPing is a cool Windows command that combines the functinality of Ping as well as Tracert in a single command. PathPing is very useful utility for network troubleshooting. PathPing pings every node in the path to the destination and computes individual statistics for each node giving you a much detailed output which enables you to pinpoint the root of the network problem quickly. Here’s how...

How To Easily Manage Your System’s IP In Windows

How To Easily Manage Your System's IP In Windows
Here’s how to easily manage your system’s IP in Windows: 1. Go to sourceforge.net/projects/simpleipconfig and click on ‘Download’ to get the ‘Simple IP Config’ program. 2. Extract the contents of the downloaded ‘2.2 Program Only.zip’ file and execute the ‘Simple IP Config 2.2.exe’ file. 3. Start managing your system’s IP profiles for...