Tag Archives: networking

Modify Windows XP routing table

By jonmoore | Published: August 26, 2009

During some network changes I’ve found the need to modify the routing table. To change the default route on Windows XP (and possibly Windows Vista, 2000, etc) you use the route command. The syntax is pretty simple, here is a quick example…. route change 0.0.0.0 mask 0.0.0.0 172.18.12.120 To delete or add routes, simply change [...]

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Check speed of connected link in Linux

By jonmoore | Published: July 24, 2009

If you’ve ever wanted to check on the status of your Ethernet links, you’ve probably used the ip commands (or ifconfig) to view some basic information.  However, you might have noticed these commands do not tell you what the current link speed is, or other possibly important details.  That’s where ethtool comes in. [jonmoore@megaton ~]$ [...]

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