Lab 1 1 Network Connectivity testing - devinziegler/Devin-Tech-Journal GitHub Wiki

Assignment: Lab 1-1 - Network Connectivity testing

In this lab, I learned how to use basic commands to test network connectivity.

Problems encountered:

The only problem I seemed to have was with my host system. I was using my laptop for this lab instead of a lab computer. On my laptop, the virtual machine required a NAT-type network adaptor in order to get an internet connection. This made some of the lab test's impossible to run so I had to switch to a lab workstation and use a bridged network device.

Helpful commands:

ipconfig

• This command will show you your IPv4 address, Subnet Mask, Default Gateway, and other helpful network information on windows systems.

ipconfig /all

• This expands upon information in the ipconfig command giving you information like DNS Servers and Physical your Physical address.

ping

• Ping is a very helpful command to test if a system is reachable, or if your system is reachable.

tracert

• This command will report each router encountered between your windows workstation and the target system.

nslookup

• This command line tool is used to query the Domain Name System (DNS) to obtain domain name or IP address mapping or for any other specific DNS record.