Observing LAN Activity

Summary

In this lab we found the IP address of our Default Gateway and pinged it, then we pinged an outside source which was a website in Japan. We used Wireshark to view the details of these pings. This was done on Kali Linux

Procedure

1. ip route show this command shows the IP address of your default gateway and other information about your linux computer.
2. ping < default gateway IP >
3. Clicked on the ICMP Ping Request packet
4. We recorded the MAC Addresses for the request and response packets. (The sender and receiver were vice versa for the request and response).
5. ping www.timeslive.co.za
6. We recaptured this ping on Wireshark
7. Repeat steps 3 & 4
8. Along with this, we checked the IP address of www.timeslive.co.za