Some Useful Windows Commands to Troubleshoot Networking on Windoze

# Check this computer's trust relationship to its domain controllers
$domainName="intranet.kimconnect.com"
PS C:\Windows\system32> nltest /SC_QUERY:$domainName
Flags: 0
Trusted DC Name
Trusted DC Connection Status Status = 1311 0x51f ERROR_NO_LOGON_SERVERS
The command completed successfully

# Reset computer account password
$domainController="DC01.intranet.kimconnect.com"
$domainAdmin="domainAdmin"
netdom.exe resetpwd /s:$domainController /ud:$domainAdmin /pd:*

Output:
PS C:\Windows\system32> netdom.exe resetpwd /s:$domainController /ud:$domainAdmin /pd:*
Type the password associated with the domain user:
The machine account password for the local machine could not be reset.
The network path was not found.
The command failed to complete successfully.

# Check network interfaces
PS C:\Windows\system32> get-netadapter *
Name                      InterfaceDescription                    ifIndex Status       MacAddress      LinkSpeed
----                      --------------------                    ------- ------       ----------      ---------
DEV                      Cisco VIC Ethernet Interface #4              15 Up           00-25-B5        10 Gbps
iSCSI-A                   Cisco VIC Ethernet Interface #3              14 Up           00-25-B5        10 Gbps
CLUSTER                   Cisco VIC Ethernet Interface #2               8 Up           00-25-B5        10 Gbps
iSCSI-B                   Cisco VIC Ethernet Interface                  2 Up           00-25-B5        10 Gbps

# Restart a NIC
PS C:\Windows\system32> get-netadapter -Name "PROD" | Restart-NetAdapter

# Overload a NIC with additional IP address(es)
$availableIP="x.x.x.x"
$cidrMask=24
$adapterName="DEV"
New-NetIPAddress –IPAddress $availableIP –PrefixLength $cidrMask –InterfaceAlias $adapterName –SkipAsSource $True

PS C:\Windows\system32> New-NetIPAddress –IPAddress $availableIP –PrefixLength $cidrMask –InterfaceAlias $adapterName –SkipAsSource $True
IPAddress         : x.x.x.x
InterfaceIndex    : 15
InterfaceAlias    : PROD
AddressFamily     : IPv4
Type              : Unicast
PrefixLength      : 24
PrefixOrigin      : Manual
SuffixOrigin      : Manual
AddressState      : Tentative
ValidLifetime     : Infinite ([TimeSpan]::MaxValue)
PreferredLifetime : Infinite ([TimeSpan]::MaxValue)
SkipAsSource      : True
PolicyStore       : ActiveStore

# Attempt to ping DNS1 from the new IP - failure means no ICMP outbound allowed
PS C:\Windows\system32> ping 1.1.1.1 -i x.x.x.x
Pinging 1.1.1.1 with 32 bytes of data:
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Ping statistics for 1.1.1.1:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 0, Lost = 4 (100% loss)
	
# Set static route. Warning: don't do this unless you really know routing and switching!
$subnet="1.1.1.0"
$cidrMask=24
$ifIndex=15
$nextHop="1.1.1.1"
New-NetRoute -DestinationPrefix "$subnet`/$cidrMask" -InterfaceIndex $ifIndex -NextHop $nextHop
Get-NetRoute