Lab Summary

In this lab, I used command-line tools to test network connectivity on my Champlain laptop as well as collect some information about the network I am - connected to and the laptop I am using.

• Commands that I used in this lab and found useful were, ipconfig, ping, tracert, and nslookup.

• I didn't run into any difficulty during this lab, as it was very basic and I have worked with these commands in the past.

Tech Journal Questions:

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

What information does each command provide?

ipconfig: outputs the network information of your device such as your IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. If you add /all to the command, you will get more information, such as your MAC address, DNS address, and DHCP information.

ping: tests the connection between two computers. Ping shows that packets that were sent and how long it took to get a reply from the address being pinged. It also shows how many packets were lost and received.

tracert: tracert shows how many “hops” are made to get to the address that was typed in with the command.

nslookup: nslookup tells you the DNS information of the address that you typed in with the command.

How do you use each one?

ipconfig: Just type ipconfig in the command prompt. For more information, you can type ipconfig /all

ping: Type “ping” followed by a space and then the address you want to ping. Ex. ping 8.8.8.8

tracert: Type “tracert” followed by a space and then the address you want to find how many hops it takes to get to. Ex. tracert 8.8.8.8 or tracert www.google.com

nslookup: Type “nslookup” followed by a space and then the address you want to find the DNS information of. Ex. ping www.google.com

Document how you open a command prompt on Windows.

You can open a command prompt in multiple ways on windows, but I usually do it by typing "cmd" into the search bar or just searching for it using the search bar.