There are two certainties in the networking world. The first is that you will be working on networks that use Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). The second is that at some point, you will be troubleshooting those networks. This chapter focuses on identifying the TCP/IP utilities that are commonly used when working with TCP/IP networks and explains how to use those utilities in the troubleshooting process.
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Windows Although the Network+ exam is touted as being vendor independent, CompTIA appears to have written the objectives and the exam with the Windows platform firmly in mind. Where necessary for the Network+ exam, this chapter provides information for the utilities on other platforms.