Pro WCF: Practical Microsoft SOA Implementation

Working with NetShell

NetShell, also known as netsh, is an indispensable command-line utility for both administrators and developers. Although netsh is primarily aimed at administrators because it allows them to administer network services, it is equally useful to a developer. To start netsh, open a command prompt, and type netsh.

NOTE

NetShell is available only when you have P2P networking option installed in Windows XP. Although NetShell is installed by default on Windows Vista, you need to allow that as an exception in the firewall for it to work.

The commands in netsh work with the concept of a "context" that determines the networking aspect within which you want to operate and accumulates various possible commands in that context. In most ...