Lab Questions - MirandaE20-class/tech-journal GitHub Wiki

Record the following for the ipconfig, ping, tracert, and nslookup commands:

1. What information does each command provide?

• Ipconfig: Ipconfig provides the IP address, Subnet mask, and Default Gateway for the local machine.
• Ping: Ping is a basic connectivity test to determine if your machine is up on the network.
• Nslookup: Nslookup provides the DNS for a web address as well as any IP addresses associated with the address.

2. How do you use each one?

• Ipconfig: To use ipconfig you simply type it into the command prompt. Ipconfig /all will show you more detailed information about the machine’s connection.
• To use the ping command, you type in ping and then the ip address you want your machine to ping. The command will run and tell you how many packets went through.
• To use nslookup you type in nslookup then the web address of ip address that you want to look up.

Document how you open a command prompt on Windows.

• To open a command prompt in Windows, you open the search bar in the bottom left of the screen, type in cmd, and click on the program that appears.