Network Discovery Lab Part 1

In this lab we ran some basic commands to view varying information about our computers and answered specific questions about this information. Along with this, we ran commands to gather information about outside sources.

Procedure for Part 1

1. We ran the command ipconfig
2. Found ipv4 address, subnet mask and our default gateway
3. Ran the command ipconfig /all
4. Found our mac address and dns servers
5. In order to test connectivity you can often use the ping command. So, we pinged our default gateway!
6. afterwards ran the command ping www.google.com
7. lastly we pinged the ip of someone else in the room

Procedure for Part 2

1. ran tracert www.google.com* traceroute is important because it can let you see how many routers (hops) there are in between your data and its destination.
2. ran nslookup and in the ">" prompt we inputted bing.com and champlain.edu. This allowed us to see how many ip address are assigned to each entity. This command lets you query the dns where you can get ip info or other dns records.
3. answered questions about the outputs and information from these commands.