Because Microsoft is going to remove this from their site, I figured us
graybeards might like to preserve it.

Network Diagnostics Features
Overview

The Network Diagnostics Tool in Windows Me was designed to make it easy for
both the consumer and the support professional to quickly gain usable
information about the consumer's home network environment.

This tool can:

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Run inside the system help utility to gather information.
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Report computer system properties.
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Report OS version and WMI version.
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Enumerate network adapter configurations.
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Enumerate modem configurations.
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Enumerate PPP (Point-to-Point Protocol) and VPN (virtual private
network) adapter configurations.
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Ping the Loopback IP address.
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Ping each adapter's IP address.
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Ping each configured default gateway.
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Ping each configured Domain Name System (DNS) server.
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Ping each configured Windows Internet Name Service (WINS) server.
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Ping the Internet Explorer-configured proxy server.
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Ping the default Outlook Express Mail server.
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Ping the default Outlook Express News server.
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Connect via TCP to the default Outlook Express Mail server.
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Connect via TCP to the default Outlook Express News server.
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Connect via TCP to the configured proxy server port.
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PING and connect via TCP by IP or by hostname.
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Integrate with Windows Management Instrumentation (WMI).
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Provide PING and connect via TCP methods for customizing HTML scripts.


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