netdiag.exe network diagnostic tool


Microsoft includes netdiag.exe in the support\tools
directory of the Windows 2000 CD. It is installed by the setup program in that
directory. If you don’t want the Windows 2000 Support Tools installed as a
group, it is part of the support.cab. When I run

netdiag -v


Gathering IPX configuration information.
Querying status of the Netcard drivers… Passed
Testing Domain membership… Passed
Testing for autoconfiguration… Passed
Testing IP loopback ping… Passed
Testing default gateways… Passed
Enumerating local and remote NetBT name cache…
Testing the WINS server
Gathering Winsock information.
Testing DNS
Testing redirector and browser… Passed
Testing trust relationships… Skipped
Testing Kerberos authentication… Skipped
Gathering routing information
Gathering network statistics information.
Gathering configuration of bindings.
Gathering RAS connection information
Gathering Modem information
Gathering Netware information
Gathering IP Security information

Tests complete.

Computer Name: WAYNES2000
DNS Host Name: waynes2000
DNS Domain Name: (null)
System info : Windows 2000 Professional (Build 2195)
Processor : x86 Family 6 Model 1 Stepping 9, GenuineIntel
Hotfixes :
Installed? Name
Yes Q147222

Netcard queries test . . . . . . . : Passed

Information of Netcard drivers:

—————————————————————————
Description: RAS Async Adapter
Device: \DEVICE\{5AF3EB7F-BD9C-4CCB-85D0-F018B4C0A55A}

Media State: Connected

Device State: Connected
Connect Time: 13:17:40
Media Speed: 28 Kbps

Packets Sent: 0
Bytes Sent (Optional): 0

Packets Received: 0
Directed Pkts Recd (Optional): 0
Bytes Received (Optional): 0
Directed Bytes Recd (Optional): 0

[WARNING] The net card ‘RAS Async Adapter’ may not be working because it has not received any packets.
—————————————————————————
[PASS] – At least one netcard is in the ‘Connected’ state.

Per interface results:

Adapter : {D3DFE15A-B818-442F-A4C4-512B5C396E1E}
Adapter ID . . . . . . . . : {D3DFE15A-B818-442F-A4C4-512B5C396E1E}

Netcard queries test . . . : Passed

Adapter type . . . . . . . : PPP
Host Name. . . . . . . . . : waynes2000
Description. . . . . . . . : WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Physical Address . . . . . : 00-53-45-00-00-00
Dhcp Enabled . . . . . . . : No
DHCP ClassID . . . . . . . :
Autoconfiguration Enabled. : Yes
IP Address . . . . . . . . : 208.188.21.21
Subnet Mask. . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.255
Default Gateway. . . . . . : 208.188.21.21
NetBIOS over Tcpip . . . . : Disabled
Dns Servers. . . . . . . . : 151.164.1.7
151.164.1.8

IpConfig results . . . . . : Passed

AutoConfiguration results. . . . . . : Passed
AutoConfiguration is not in use.

Default gateway test . . . : Passed
Pinging gateway 208.188.21.21 – reachable
At least one gateway reachable for this adapter.

WINS service test. . . . . : Skipped
NetBT is disable on this interface. [Test skipped].
IPX test : IPX is not installed on this machine.

Global results:

IP General configuration
LMHOSTS Enabled. . . . . . . . : Yes
DNS for WINS resolution. . . . : Enabled
Node Type. . . . . . . . . . . : Broadcast
NBT Scope ID . . . . . . . . . :
Routing Enabled. . . . . . . . : No
WINS Proxy Enabled . . . . . . : No
DNS resolution for NETBIOS . . : No

Domain membership test . . . . . . : Passed
Machine is a . . . . . . . . . : Standalone Workstation
Netbios Workgroup name . . . . : WORKGROUP
Dns domain name is not specified.
Dns forest name is not specified.
Domain Guid. . . . . . . . . . : {00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000}
Logon User . . . . . . . . . . : admin2
Logon Domain . . . . . . . . . : WAYNES2000

NetBT transports test. . . . . . . : Skipped
There are no interfaces that have NetBT enabled. [Test skipped]

Autonet address test . . . . . . . : Passed
PASS – you have at least one non-autoconfigured IP address

IP loopback ping test. . . . . . . : Passed
PASS – pinging IP loopback address was successful.
Your IP stack is most probably OK.

Default gateway test . . . . . . . : Passed
PASS – you have at least one reachable gateway.

NetBT name test. . . . . . . . . . : Skipped
There are no interfaces that have NetBT enabled. [Test skipped]

Winsock test . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed
The number of protocols which have been reported : 12
Description: MSAFD Tcpip [TCP/IP]
Provider Version :2
Max message size : Stream Oriented
Description: MSAFD Tcpip [UDP/IP]
Provider Version :2
Description: RSVP UDP Service Provider
Provider Version :4
Description: RSVP TCP Service Provider
Provider Version :4
Max message size : Stream Oriented
Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{74F83E2B-5451-432B-BD59-8DE1CC626BEB}] SEQPACKET 1
Provider Version :2
Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{74F83E2B-5451-432B-BD59-8DE1CC626BEB}] DATAGRAM 1
Provider Version :2
Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{A659CC1A-AF18-4DA3-B407-C2FBD92C5FCB}] SEQPACKET 2
Provider Version :2
Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{A659CC1A-AF18-4DA3-B407-C2FBD92C5FCB}] DATAGRAM 2
Provider Version :2
Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{6CB7F14C-D501-4C44-91C9-351BCD67218D}] SEQPACKET 0
Provider Version :2
Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{6CB7F14C-D501-4C44-91C9-351BCD67218D}] DATAGRAM 0
Provider Version :2
Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{D3DFE15A-B818-442F-A4C4-512B5C396E1E}] SEQPACKET 3
Provider Version :2
Description: MSAFD NetBIOS [\Device\NetBT_Tcpip_{D3DFE15A-B818-442F-A4C4-512B5C396E1E}] DATAGRAM 3
Provider Version :2

Max UDP size : 65527 bytes

DNS test . . . . . . . . . . . . . : Passed
Interface {D3DFE15A-B818-442F-A4C4-512B5C396E1E}
DNS Domain:
DNS Servers: 151.164.1.7 151.164.1.8
IP Address: 208.188.21.21

Redir and Browser test . . . . . . : Skipped
There are no interfaces that have NetBT enabled. [Test skipped]

DC discovery test. . . . . . . . . : Skipped

DC list test . . . . . . . . . . . : Skipped

Trust relationship test. . . . . . : Skipped

Kerberos test. . . . . . . . . . . : Skipped

LDAP test. . . . . . . . . . . . . : Skipped

Routing table test . . . . . . . . : Passed
Active Routes :
Network Destination Netmask Gateway Interface Metric
0.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 208.188.21.21 208.188.21.21 1
127.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
151.164.1.248 255.255.255.255 208.188.21.21 208.188.21.21 1
208.188.21.21 255.255.255.255 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 1
208.188.21.255 255.255.255.255 208.188.21.21 208.188.21.21 1
224.0.0.0 224.0.0.0 208.188.21.21 208.188.21.21 1
No persistent route entries.

Netstat information test . . . . . : Passed

Interface Statistics

Received Sent
Unicast Packets 2389134 527782
Non-unicast packets 0 2
Discards 0 0
Errors 0 0
Unknown protocols 0 457224

Interface index = 1
Description = MS TCP Loopback interface
Type = 24
MTU = 32768
Speed = 10000000
Physical Address = 00-00-00-00-00-00
Administrative Status = 1
Operational Status = 1
Last Changed = 0
Output Queue Length = 0

Interface index = 100663299
Description = WAN (PPP/SLIP) Interface
Type = 23
MTU = 1500
Speed = 38000
Physical Address = 00-53-45-00-00-00
Administrative Status = 1
Operational Status = 4
Last Changed = 0
Output Queue Length = 0

Active Connections

Proto Local Address Foreign Address State
TCP waynes2000:epmap waynes2000:26768 LISTENING
TCP waynes2000:microsoft-ds waynes2000:26794 LISTENING
TCP waynes2000:1025 waynes2000:43081 LISTENING
TCP waynes2000:1027 waynes2000:59542 LISTENING
TCP waynes2000:3161 waynes2000:51283 LISTENING
TCP waynes2000:3161 antigonus.hosting.swbell.net:ftp CLOSE_WAIT
UDP waynes2000:epmap *:*
UDP waynes2000:microsoft-ds *:*
UDP waynes2000:1026 *:*
UDP waynes2000:isakmp *:*

IP Statistics

Packets Received = 61,686
Received Header Errors = 0
Received Address Errors = 0
Datagrams Forwarded = 0
Unknown Protocols Received = 0
Received Packets Discarded = 0
Received Packets Delivered = 61,679
Output Requests = 31,698
Routing Discards = 0
Discarded Output Packets = 0
Output Packet No Route = 0
Reassembly Required = 10
Reassembly Successful = 3
Reassembly Failures = 1
Datagrams successfully fragmented = 0
Datagrams failing fragmentation = 0
Fragments Created = 0
Forwarding = 2
Default TTL = 128
Reassembly timeout = 60

TCP Statistics

Active Opens = 718
Passive Opens = 1,282
Failed Connection Attempts = 12
Reset Connections = 47
Current Connections = 1
Received Segments = 20,587
Segment Sent = 17,910
Segment Retransmitted = 133
Retransmission Timeout Algorithm = vanj
Minimum Retransmission Timeout = 300
Maximum Retransmission Timeout = 240,000
Maximum Number of Connections = -1

UDP Statistics

Datagrams Received = 40,946
No Ports = 120
Receive Errors = 2
Datagrams Sent = 13,487

ICMP Statistics

Received Sent
Messages 72 72
Errors 0 0
Destination Unreachable 24 24
Time Exceeded 0 0
Parameter Problems 0 0
Source Quenchs 0 0
Redirects 0 0
Echos 24 24
Echo Replies 24 24
Timestamps 0 0
Timestamp Replies 0 0
Address Masks 0 0
Address Mask Replies 0 0

Bindings test. . . . . . . . . . . : Passed
Component Name : Point to Point Tunneling Protocol
Bind Name: mspptp
Binding Paths:

Component Name : Layer 2 Tunneling Protocol
Bind Name: msl2tp
Binding Paths:

Component Name : Remote Access NDIS WAN Driver
Bind Name: NdisWan
Binding Paths:
Owner of the binding path : Remote Access NDIS WAN Driver
Binding Enabled: Yes
Interfaces of the binding path:
-Interface Name: ndiscowan
Upper Component: Remote Access NDIS WAN Driver
Lower Component: Direct Parallel

Owner of the binding path : Remote Access NDIS WAN Driver
Binding Enabled: Yes
Interfaces of the binding path:
-Interface Name: ndiswan
Upper Component: Remote Access NDIS WAN Driver
Lower Component: WAN Miniport (PPTP)

Owner of the binding path : Remote Access NDIS WAN Driver
Binding Enabled: Yes
Interfaces of the binding path:
-Interface Name: ndiscowan
Upper Component: Remote Access NDIS WAN Driver
Lower Component: WAN Miniport (L2TP)

Owner of the binding path : Remote Access NDIS WAN Driver
Binding Enabled: Yes
Interfaces of the binding path:
-Interface Name: ndiswanasync
Upper Component: Remote Access NDIS WAN Driver
Lower Component: RAS Async Adapter

Component Name : Message-oriented TCP/IP Protocol (SMB session)
Bind Name: NetbiosSmb
Binding Paths:

Component Name : WINS Client(TCP/IP) Protocol
Bind Name: NetBT
Binding Paths:
Owner of the binding path : WINS Client(TCP/IP) Protocol
Binding Enabled: Yes
Interfaces of the binding path:
-Interface Name: tdi
Upper Component: WINS Client(TCP/IP) Protocol
Lower Component: Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
-Interface Name: ndiswanip
Upper Component: Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Lower Component: WAN Miniport (IP)

Component Name : Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Bind Name: Tcpip
Binding Paths:
Owner of the binding path : Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Binding Enabled: Yes
Interfaces of the binding path:
-Interface Name: ndiswanip
Upper Component: Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Lower Component: WAN Miniport (IP)

Component Name : Client for Microsoft Networks
Bind Name: LanmanWorkstation
Binding Paths:
Owner of the binding path : Client for Microsoft Networks
Binding Enabled: Yes
Interfaces of the binding path:
-Interface Name: netbios_smb
Upper Component: Client for Microsoft Networks
Lower Component: Message-oriented TCP/IP Protocol (SMB session)

Owner of the binding path : Client for Microsoft Networks
Binding Enabled: Yes
Interfaces of the binding path:
-Interface Name: netbios
Upper Component: Client for Microsoft Networks
Lower Component: WINS Client(TCP/IP) Protocol
-Interface Name: tdi
Upper Component: WINS Client(TCP/IP) Protocol
Lower Component: Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
-Interface Name: ndiswanip
Upper Component: Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Lower Component: WAN Miniport (IP)

Component Name : Steelhead
Bind Name: RemoteAccess
Binding Paths:

Component Name : Dial-Up Server
Bind Name: msrassrv
Binding Paths:

Component Name : Remote Access Connection Manager
Bind Name: RasMan
Binding Paths:

Component Name : Dial-Up Client
Bind Name: msrascli
Binding Paths:

Component Name : File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
Bind Name: LanmanServer
Binding Paths:
Owner of the binding path : File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
Binding Enabled: Yes
Interfaces of the binding path:
-Interface Name: netbios_smb
Upper Component: File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
Lower Component: Message-oriented TCP/IP Protocol (SMB session)

Owner of the binding path : File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
Binding Enabled: Yes
Interfaces of the binding path:
-Interface Name: netbios
Upper Component: File and Printer Sharing for Microsoft Networks
Lower Component: WINS Client(TCP/IP) Protocol
-Interface Name: tdi
Upper Component: WINS Client(TCP/IP) Protocol
Lower Component: Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
-Interface Name: ndiswanip
Upper Component: Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Lower Component: WAN Miniport (IP)

Component Name : NetBIOS Interface
Bind Name: NetBIOS
Binding Paths:
Owner of the binding path : NetBIOS Interface
Binding Enabled: Yes
Interfaces of the binding path:
-Interface Name: netbios
Upper Component: NetBIOS Interface
Lower Component: WINS Client(TCP/IP) Protocol
-Interface Name: tdi
Upper Component: WINS Client(TCP/IP) Protocol
Lower Component: Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
-Interface Name: ndiswanip
Upper Component: Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
Lower Component: WAN Miniport (IP)

Component Name : QoS RSVP
Bind Name: RSVP
Binding Paths:

Component Name : Generic Packet Classifier
Bind Name: Gpc
Binding Paths:

Component Name : WAN Miniport (IP)
Bind Name: NdisWanIp
Binding Paths:

Component Name : Direct Parallel
Bind Name: {5DEC391C-2EB2-4175-94AF-961E54E89775}
Binding Paths:

Component Name : WAN Miniport (PPTP)
Bind Name: {AB425AE8-792F-457F-B966-E0199AEDCBA0}
Binding Paths:

Component Name : WAN Miniport (L2TP)
Bind Name: {6DAB29E5-064A-421A-9423-051E5851AD05}
Binding Paths:

Component Name : RAS Async Adapter
Bind Name: {5AF3EB7F-BD9C-4CCB-85D0-F018B4C0A55A}
Binding Paths:

WAN configuration test . . . . . . : Passed
Entry Name: SWBell
Device Type: Framing protocol : PPP
LCP Extensions : Disabled
Software Compression : Enabled
Network protocols :
NetBEUI
IPX
TCP/IP
IP Address : Specified
Name Server: Specified
IP Header compression : Enabled
Use default gateway on remote network : Enabled

Connection Statistics:
Bytes Transmitted : 520154
Bytes Received : 2339831
Frames Transmitted : 3706
Frames Received : 3795
CRC Errors : 3795
Timeout Errors : 0
Alignment Errors : 1
H/W Overrun Errors : 0
Framing Errors : 0
Buffer Overrun Errors : 0
Compression Ratio In : 0
Compression Ratio Out : 0
Baud Rate ( Bps ) : 38000
Connection Duration : 5748469

Modem diagnostics test . . . . . . : Passed

Name . . . . . . . . . . . . . : External Fax Data Plug and Play 56K
DeviceID . . . . . . . . . : 0
Port . . . . . . . . . . . : COM2
Negotiated Speed . . . . . : 38000
Compression. . . . . . . . : On
Error control. . . . . . . : On
Forced error control . . . : Off
Cellular . . . . . . . . . : Off
Flowcontrol hard . . . . . : Off
Flowcontrol soft . . . . . : Off
CCITT override . . . . . . : Off
Speed adjust . . . . . . . : Off
Tone dial. . . . . . . . . : Off
Blind dial . . . . . . . . : Off
V23 override . . . . . . . : Off

IP Security test . . . . . . . . . : Passed
IPSec policy service is active, but no policy is assigned.

IPSec Statistics

Oakley Main Modes : 0
Oakley Quick Modes : 0
Active Associations : 0
Soft Associations : 0
Authenticated Bytes Sent : 0
Authenticated Bytes Received : 0
Confidential Bytes Sent : 0
Confidential Bytes Received : 0
ReKeys : 0

Authentication Failures : 0
Negotiation Failures : 0
Packets not decrypted : 0
Packets not authenticated : 0
Invalid Cookies Rcvd : 0
Acquire fail : 0
Receive fail : 0
Send fail : 0
GetSpiFail : 0
KeyAddFail : 0
KeyUpdateFail : 0

Active Acquire : 1
Active Rcv : 0
Active Send : 0
Total Acquire : 0
TotalGetSpi : 0
TotalKeyAdd : 0
TotalKeyUpdate : 0
Inactive Associations : 0
Dead Associations : 0
Pending Keys : 0
Key Flushes : 0
Key Additions : 0
Key Deletes : 0

Phase 1 offers count is 4
OFFER #1:
PFS : No, Encryption : DES, Hash : SHA1, Group : Medium (2)
Quickmodes per MainMode : 0, Lifetime Seconds : 28800
OFFER #2:
PFS : No, Encryption : DES, Hash : MD5, Group : Medium (2)
Quickmodes per MainMode : 0, Lifetime Seconds : 28800
OFFER #3:
PFS : No, Encryption : DES, Hash : SHA1, Group : Low (1)
Quickmodes per MainMode : 0, Lifetime Seconds : 28800
OFFER #4:
PFS : No, Encryption : DES, Hash : MD5, Group : Low (1)
Quickmodes per MainMode : 0, Lifetime Seconds : 28800

Current Phase 1 SAs:
No SAs.

Current Phase 2 SAs:
No SAs.

The command completed successfully


This will become a core tool network diagnostics. The results above were run
from my workstations at home connected to the Internet via modem. Obviously, the
number of tests run are much wider when connected to a network, particularly if
you have admin access. When you run netdiag the results
are stored in NetDiag.log, by default. To get a list of available tests, run at
commandline

netdiag /?

to get the following commandline help:


Usage: netdiag [/Options]>
/q – Quiet output (errors only)
/v – Verbose output
/l – Log output to NetDiag.log
/debug – Even more verbose.
/d: – Find a DC in the specified domain.
/fix – fix trivial problems.
/DcAccountEnum – Enumerate DC machine accounts.
/test: – tests only this test. Non – skippable tests will still be run
Valid tests are :-
Ndis – Netcard queries Test
IpConfig – IP config Test
Member – Domain membership Test
NetBTTransports – NetBT transports Test
Autonet – Autonet address Test
IpLoopBk – IP loopback ping Test
DefGw – Default gateway Test
NbtNm – NetBT name Test
WINS – WINS service Test
Winsock – Winsock Test
DNS – DNS Test
Browser – Redir and Browser Test
DsGetDc – DC discovery Test
DcList – DC list Test
Trust – Trust relationship Test
Kerberos – Kerberos Test
Ldap – LDAP Test
Route – Routing table Test
Netstat – Netstat information Test
Bindings – Bindings Test
WAN – WAN configuration Test
Modem – Modem diagnostics Test
Netware – Netware Test
IPX – IPX Test
IPSec – IP Security Test
/skip: – skip the named test. Valid tests are:
IpConfig – IP config Test
Autonet – Autonet address Test
IpLoopBk – IP loopback ping Test
DefGw – Default gateway Test
NbtNm – NetBT name Test
WINS – WINS service Test
Winsock – Winsock Test
DNS – DNS Test
Browser – Redir and Browser Test
DsGetDc – DC discovery Test
DcList – DC list Test
Trust – Trust relationship Test
Kerberos – Kerberos Test
Ldap – LDAP Test
Route – Routing table Test
Netstat – Netstat information Test
Bindings – Bindings Test
WAN – WAN configuration Test
Modem – Modem diagnostics Test
Netware – Netware Test
IPX – IPX Test
IPSec – IP Security Test

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