Network tricks

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You can use the 'net send' command line utility in Windows 2000, to send messages to another computer, or choose to send messages to everybody in the domain. Just typing in 'net send domain_name your message' should do it! For more syntax and options type in 'net send /?' at the command prompt.

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Find your way

Windows 2000 has a very powerful command line tool, the route command that can be used to view, and even change the computer's routing table. This can affect the path that the network traffic takes to get from one place to the other. Be careful while editing the routing table though-a tiny mistake could play havoc with your network communications.
You can find out the different options for usage by typing 'route /?' at the command line.

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