

To compare these, I ran “ netsh /?” in each operating system. There are a number of differences even at the core command level between the Windows XP version of netsh and the Windows Server 2008 netsh. What is different about Windows Server 2008 netsh vs. It is my hope to educate Windows admins about the new netsh features and the power of netsh in this article. Additionally, I feel that Netsh is underutilized by admins and most admins are not aware of the new Windows Server 2008 and Vista Netsh enhancements. What is new are a number of options for Netsh with Windows Server 2008 and Vista. Netsh commands are available in Windows 2000, XP, and Windows Server 2003. Netsh is not “new” with Windows Server 2008 or Windows Vista. With netsh, you can save a configuration script in a text file for archival purposes or to help you configure other computers. Netsh also provides a scripting feature that allows you to run a group of commands in batch mode against a specified computer. Not only can you run these commands on your local computer but also on remote computers, over the network.

You can manually run Netsh commands or you can create batch files or scripts to automate the process. With Netsh, you can view or change the network configuration of your local computer or a remote computer. Microsoft Windows Netsh is a command line scripting utility. Keep in mind that these commands can be scripted (as they are all command line tools) so whatever you can do with just an individual command on a single machine, you could write a script to perform that command on all machines in your network. What I can do is to choose the 10 commands that I feel will either show you valuable information or will help you out when you are in trouble.

Netsh is so powerful and flexible I cannot choose the “most important” Netsh commands as the importance of a command will vary from admin to admin. In this article, I will cover 10 Netsh commands that every Windows admin should know. This just shows how important and innovative Netsh really is. I have written a number of different Netsh articles and other authors have published their own Netsh articles.
