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Powershell Test Network Connection

Here’s the command to test a network connection in Powershell.

C:> test-netconnection server -port 443

Result:

ComputerName     : server
RemoteAddress    : 10.0.0.5
RemotePort       : 443
InterfaceAlias   : Ethernet 0
SourceAddress    : 10.1.1.34
TcpTestSucceeded : True

Windows Route Add

Here’s how to add a route in Windows. Open CMD as Administrator.

route add 10.10.10.10 mask 255.255.255.0 10.10.10.254

To make it persistent, add -p.

route add 10.10.10.10 mask 255.255.255.0 10.10.10.254

To display. Specifies IP 4 only.

route print -4

Windows Boot Time

Here’s how to find when a Windows server was last rebooted.

systeminfo | find /i "boot time"

Tail A File in Windows Server

Linux has tail command. What about Windows? You can use Powershell to tail a file.

Get-Content myLog.log –Wait

Windows + Tab

Found another gem to display all Windows by using … 

Windows + Tab