Windows 7 netcat error: 'nc' is not recognized as an internal or external command

Question

This is what's happening:

C:\Windows\system32>nc -v 10.1.2.205 22
'nc' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file.

Below is my screenshot:

Kindly help me on this issue.

Answer 1

• download NetCat from here https://eternallybored.org/misc/netcat/
• unzip it and put is somewhere (eg: in C:)
• use directly in the command prompt like: c:\netcat-1.11\nc google.com 80
• optional: add to Environment Variables to be used from any context

Or install Nmap (includes Netcat)

• for Windows https://nmap.org/dist/nmap-7.30-setup.exe
• for Mac https://nmap.org/dist/nmap-7.30.dmg

To check whether ncat is installed and working, open up two terminals. In one of them, run ncat -l 9999 then in the other, ncat localhost 9999. Then type something into each terminal and press Enter. You should see the message on the opposite terminal. Look in this video https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=qeQ6pKxUp-Q

Answer 2

You should add the path to nc.exe to your PATH environment variable. Here's a walkthrough if you dunno how to acheive this: https://stackoverflow.com/a/28545224/5119765