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Who's connected to you?

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If you're running any TCP/IP services (such as WWW service, FTP service, POP3/SMTP services, or even just NetBIOS over TCP/IP) on your computer, you may want to find out who's connected to your computer and from where at a given time. This information is easy to obtain using NETSTAT command.

Go to the "DOS Prompt" or "Command Prompt"
Type

NETSTAT <number of seconds>

For example, if you want to redisplay the TCP/IP connections every 10 seconds, type:

NETSTAT 10
Press ENTER

Applicable Keywords : Windows NT, Windows NT 3.x, Windows NT 4.x, Windows, Windows 95

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