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Networks Lab Assignment 1

This document provides instructions for an assignment on computer networks. It explains that students should use an online network utility tool to answer questions about IP addresses, DNS servers, ping commands, tracert commands, proxy servers, firewalls, ports, HTTP vs HTTPS, and the localhost IP address. Students are asked to perform various network diagnostics and look up domain registration details to understand fundamental networking concepts.

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Networks Lab Assignment 1

This document provides instructions for an assignment on computer networks. It explains that students should use an online network utility tool to answer questions about IP addresses, DNS servers, ping commands, tracert commands, proxy servers, firewalls, ports, HTTP vs HTTPS, and the localhost IP address. Students are asked to perform various network diagnostics and look up domain registration details to understand fundamental networking concepts.

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Computer Networks Lab

Assignment 1

Note:
I.

Unlessstatedotherwiseinthequestion,usethefollowingURLtoaccesstherelevant
networkutilitytools.
NetworkUtilityToolsURL:http://ping.eu

II.

FeelfreetouseonlineresourcessuchasWikipediatoanswerthequestions.

III.

Answerstoallquestionswhicharentobjectiveinnatureshouldbeconciselywrittenin
2sentencesorless.

IV.

TheusageofthetermIPaddressinthisassignmentcorrespondstotheIPv4
address.YouwillbetaughtaboutIPv6infuturetheoryclasses.

Questions

Q1.WhatistheIPofthemachineyouareusing?CompareitwiththeIPofyourneighbors.
AretheIPsofyourneighborssame?WhyorWhynot?

Q2.Whatareproxyservers?Whyaretheyused(mention2points)?

Q3.Pingisatoolusedtodetermineifaserverisrespondingandtoestimatetheroundtrip
timeofamessagesenttothatserver.UsethepingcommandforthefollowingURLsand
recordthesuccessorfailurestatisticsalongwiththeaverageroundtriptime.
a)google.com
b)facebook.com
c)208.67.222.222(OpenDNSserver)
d)10.3.100.207(IITKharagpurLoadBalancerProxyServer)

Q4.WhatisaDNSserver?Whydoyouthinkthattheaverageroundtriptimerecordedin
Q3.cwouldalwaysbelessthantheaverageroundtriptimerecordedinQ3.a?

Q4.Tracetheroutethatistakenwhenyoutrytoaccess:
a)google.com
b)facebook.com
c)8.8.8.8

RecordthenumberofhopsrequiredforaccessingeachoftheURLs.Alsoprovideanordered
listofthegeographicallocationscorrespondingtothemachinesthroughwhichthepackets
travelledineachcase.Youmayusehttp://countrycode.orgtomapISOcodestocountry
name.

Q5.Whatisanetworkfirewall?Whatisitsmajorutility?RetrythepingrequestinQ1.d.Why
doyouthinkitfailseverytime?

Q6.RetrythepingrequestinQ1.dfromtheTerminalprogramonyourworkstation.Whydo
youthinktherequestsucceedswhenissuedfromterminal?
IssuethepingcommandfromyourmachineterminaltotheIITKharagpurloadbalancing
proxyserver(10.3.100.207)withdifferentpacketsizes(64KB,128KB,256KB,512KB,
1024KB,2048KB,4096KB).Send20pingpacketsforeverypacketsize,andfindoutthe
averageroundtriptime.Analyzetheoutputandreportyourobservations.[Note:Checkthe
manualforpingcommandtofindouthowtochangethepacketsize.]

HintforQ5&Q6:Theping.euserverexecutesallcommandswithrespecttotheirmachine
whichisexternaltotheIITKharagpurnetwork.

Q7.IssueDNSlookuprequestsfor:
a)google.com
b)facebook.com

MentiononeIPaddressresultforeachlookup.OpenyourbrowserandtypetheIPthatyou
receivedintheaddressbartoverifythattheIPaddressindeedcorrespondstotheservice
thatyoulookedup.
ForexampleIftheDNSlookupforfacebook.comgaveyoutheIPaddressa.b.c.d.Type
a.b.c.dinyourbrowsersaddressbarandverifythatittakesyoutofacebook.com

Q8.Whatisanetworkport?WhatarethestandardportsusedforHTTPrequests,secure
shellaccess(SSH)andHTTPSrequest?

Q9.Testifports80,443,22and8080areopenoniitkgp.ac.in

Q10.WhatisthemajordifferencebetweenHTTPandHTTPS?

Q11.Pulluptheregistrantemailforthedomainiitkgp.ac.in
Hint:UsetheWHOISlookuptooltofetchdetailsofaregistrantcorrespondingtoadomainor
IPaddress.

Q12.WhatisspecialabouttheIPaddress127.0.0.1?

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