nslookup . This is command provides the IP address of the specified host name.

ping . This command sends packets to a specified IP and outputs the response time if there is a connection.

tracert . This command flows the path of information sent to the server and can be used to identify the data connections points of the information sent.

TCP view is run after downloading it from sys internals and running it with administrative privilege's. This provides information on network process run with the TCP protocol.

After downloading whois from the sysinternals website it can be run from the command line with whois . This provides information on the specified host and the administrators of it.