arp and ipconfig commands in Windows 7

These commands help a system administrator, while troubleshooting the network problems of a system

arp

This command helps to view and modify the ARP cache of a system. Please see some of the useful variants of this command below

arp –a

This variant will display the ARP cache entries for all the active network interfaces of the system

arp –d * | arp –d

These variant will help to delete all the ARP cache entries.

arp –a ip_address

This variant displays the ARP cache entry for that particular ip address

arp –d ip_address

This variant delete the ARP cache entry for that particular ip address

ipconfig

This command helps to view the ip address configuration for the system

ipconfig

This variant will display the summary IP information for the system

ipconfig /all

This variant will display the detailed IP information for the system

ipconfig /displaydns

This variant will display the DNS resolver cache entries for the system

ipconfig /flushdns

This variant will flush the DNS cache of the system