The Nuclear Option: Resetting The Crap Out Of Your Network Adapters

Question

I was having a number of strange network issues on a laptop today. Here's the complete nuclear option for resetting your whole IP stack. This is for when "Diagnose and Repair" isn't cutting it. Thanks to JohnP for his help.

• Go to the Start Menu, type cmd and right click, and select "Run As Administrator"
• Type the following commands, each followed by pressing enter.
  • ipconfig /flushdns
  • nbtstat -R
  • nbtstat -RR
  • netsh int reset all
  • netsh int ip reset
  • netsh winsock reset

UPDATE: On Windows 7, you'll need to do this to reset your network adapters:

• ipconfig /flushdns
• nbtstat -R
• nbtstat -RR
• netsh int reset all
• netsh int ipv4 reset
• netsh int ipv6 reset
• netsh winsock reset

Now, reboot and pray. Possibly not in that order.