Activity 2: Windows Network Operating Systems and Commands
1. Windows Network
Commands
For more information
about a specific Microsoft NET commands, type the command name followed by
/? (for example, NET VIEW /?).
NET
CONFIG Displays your current workgroup
settings.
NET
DIAG Runs the Microsoft Network
Diagnostics program to
display diagnostic information
about your network.
NET
HELP Provides information about
commands and
error messages.
NET
INIT Loads protocol and
network-adapter drivers without
binding them to Protocol
Manager.
NET
LOGOFF Breaks the connection between
your computer and
the shared resources to which it
is connected.
NET
LOGON Identifies you as a member of a
workgroup.
NET
PASSWORD Changes your logon password.
NET
PRINT Displays information about print
queues
and controls print jobs.
NET
START Starts services.
NET
STOP Stops services.
NET
TIME Displays the time on or
synchronizes your computer's
clock with the clock on a
Microsoft Windows for
Workgroups, Windows NT, Windows
95, or NetWare time server.
NET
USE Connects to or disconnects from
a shared
resource or displays information
about
connections.
NET
VER Displays the type and version
number of the
workgroup redirector you are
using.
NET
VIEW Displays a list of computers
that share
resources or a list of shared
resources
on a specific computer.
C:\CPET181\netcoms>net view /?
Displays
a list of computers in a specified workgroup or
the
shared resources available on a specified computer.
NET VIEW [\\computer] [/YES]
NET VIEW [/WORKGROUP:wgname] [/YES]
computer
Specifies the name of the computer whose
shared resources you want to see
listed.
/WORKGROUP
Specifies that you want to view the names
of the computers in another
workgroup that
share resources.
wgname
Specifies the name of the workgroup whose
computer names you want to view.
/YES
Carries out the NET VIEW command without
first prompting you to provide
information or
confirm actions.
To
display a list of computers in your workgroup that share
resources,
type NET VIEW without options.
C:\CPET181\netcoms>net diag /?
Runs
the Microsoft Network Diagnostics program to test the hardware
connection
between two computers and to display information about a single
computer.
C:\CPET181\netcoms>net help /?
Displays
information about NET commands and error messages.
command /?
NET
HELP [suffix]
NET
HELP errornum
command
Specifies the Microsoft NET command
that you want information about.
suffix
Specifies the second word of the command you want
information about. For example,
the suffix of
NET VIEW is VIEW.
errornum
Specifies the number of the error message that
you want information about.
To see
a brief description of all Microsoft NET
commands,
type NET HELP without options.
NET
DIAGNOSTICS [/NAMES | /STATUS]
/NAMES
Specifies a diagnostic server name in order to avoid
conflicts when NET DIAG is used
simultaneously by multiple
users. This option works only when
the network uses a
NetBIOS protocol.
/STATUS
Enables you to specify a computer about which you want
network diagnostics
information.
C:\CPET181\netcoms>net init /?
Loads
protocol and network-adapter drivers without binding them to
Protocol
Manager. This command may be required if
you are using a
third-party
network-adapter driver. You can then
bind the drivers
to
Protocol Manager by typing NET START NETBIND.
NET INITIALIZE
[/DYNAMIC]
/DYNAMIC
Loads the Protocol Manager dynamically. This is
useful with some third-party
networks, such as
Banyan(R) VINES(R), to resolve
memory problems.
C:\CPET181\netcoms>net
logoff /?
Breaks the
connections between your computer and the
shared
resources to which it is connected.
NET
LOGOFF [/YES]
/YES
Carries out the NET LOGOFF command without
first prompting you to provide
information or
confirm actions.
Identifies
you as a member of a workgroup.
NET
LOGON [user [password | ?]] [/DOMAIN:name] [/YES] [/SAVEPW:NO]
user
Specifies the name that identifies you in
your workgroup. The name you specify can
contain up to 20 characters.
password
The unique string of characters that
authorizes you to gain access to your
password-list file. The password can
contain up to 14 characters.
?
Specifies that you want to be prompted for
your password.
/DOMAIN
Specifies that you want to log
on to a
Microsoft Windows NT or LAN Manager domain.
name
Specifies the Windows NT or LAN Manager domain
you want to log on to.
/YES
Carries out the NET LOGON command without
first prompting you to provide information or
confirm actions.
/SAVEPW:NO
Carries out the NET LOGON command without
prompting you to create a password-list file.
If you
would rather be prompted to type your user name and
password
instead of specifying them in the NET LOGON
command
line, type NET LOGON without options.
C:\CPET181\netcoms>net password /?
Changes
your logon password.
NET
PASSWORD [oldpassword [newpassword]]
NET
PASSWORD \\computer | /DOMAIN:name [user [oldpassword [newpassword]]]
oldpassword
Specifies your current password.
newpassword
Specifies your new password. It can have as
many as 14 characters.
computer
Specifies the Windows NT or LAN Manager server
on which you want to change
your password.
/DOMAIN
Specifies that you want to change your
password on a Windows NT or LAN
Manager domain.
name
Specifies the Windows NT or LAN Manager domain on which
you want to change your
password.
user Specifies your Windows NT or LAN
Manager user name.
The
first syntax line above is for changing the password for your
password-list
file. The second syntax line above is for changing your
password
on a Windows NT or LAN Manager server or domain.
Identifies
you as a member of a workgroup.
NET
LOGON [user [password | ?]] [/DOMAIN:name] [/YES] [/SAVEPW:NO]
user
Specifies the name that identifies you in
your workgroup. The name you specify can
contain up to 20 characters.
password
The unique string of characters that
authorizes you to gain access to your
password-list file. The password can
contain up to 14 characters.
?
Specifies that you want to be prompted for
your password.
/DOMAIN
Specifies that you want to log
on to a
Microsoft Windows NT or LAN Manager domain.
name
Specifies the Windows NT or LAN Manager domain
you want to log on to.
/YES
Carries out the NET LOGON command without
first prompting you to provide information or
confirm actions.
/SAVEPW:NO
Carries out the NET LOGON command without
prompting you to create a password-list file.
If you
would rather be prompted to type your user name and
password
instead of specifying them in the NET LOGON
command
line, type NET LOGON without options.