Thread: Windows Network Diagnostic - diagnose network problems the easy way

One of the innovations in Windows Vista is the addition of the Windows Network Diagnostic tool. This utility can assist you to recognize as well as determine with easiness nearly all of your network troubles. You don't have to be an expert in PC networks to stagger on out what is incorrect with your network or else internet connection. You just run the utility and it will provide you the problems that were revealed.

In this article we will explain how to make use of Windows Network Diagnostics to effectively make out connectivity problems.

There are numerous ways to discover this tool. One of them is to go to Control Panel as well as search the word "network". In the directory of search results you will get the Network and Sharing Center. Under it, you will notice a link called Identify and repair network problems. Click on it as well as Windows Network Diagnostic will start on.



One more choice would be to go to Control Panel -> Network and Internet -> Network and Sharing Center-> Diagnose and repair. Otherwise, when you access your Network Connections, right click on your network symbol as well as select Diagnose.



When launched, Windows Network Diagnostic starts the course of recognizing your connectivity troubles.



Later than a while the utility will inform you if it managed to get any troubles or not. When a trouble is established, Windows Network Diagnostics will explain the report as well as suggest an explanation, if feasible.



In the above screenshot you can make out there was a trouble with our DNS server. When you click on the proposed answer, Windows Network Diagnostics tries to apply a repair that may resolve the problem.

After the repair is completed, the tool checks if the trouble continue or not.



As you can make out in the screenshot beneath, in our case, the trouble could not be fixed. In this situation, the remaining explanation is to call our internet provider as well as report to it about our problem.



There are several other possible scenarios of things that could go immoral. The good news is that Windows Network Diagnostics will facilitate you make out them in a few seconds, with only one click.