Bhartiya Vidya Bhavan’s

Sardar Patel Institute of Technology

Course code EC 307

EXPERIMENT-2
Aim: Study and demonstration of basic network command and Network configuration
commands.

Apparatus (Software): Command Prompt/terminal and Packet Tracer.

Procedure: To do this EXPERIMENT- follows these steps:

Part I
Theory

Commands
1. Ping:
• The Ping command is one of the most widely used commands in the prompt tool, as it allows the
user to check the connectivity of our system to another host.
• This command sends four experimental packets to the destination host to check whether it receives
them successfully, if so, then, we can communicate with the destination host. But in case the packets
have not been received, that means, no communication can be established with the destination host.

Output:
2. Pathping:
• The pathping command which provides a combination of the best aspects of Tracert and Ping.
• This command takes 300 seconds to gather statistics and then returns reports on latency and
packet loss statistics at intermediate hops between the source and the target in more detail than
those reports provided by Ping or Tracert commands.

Output:

3. Netstat:
The Netstat command as the name suggests displays an overview of all the network connections
in the device. The table shows detail about the connection protocol, address, and the current state
of the network.

Output:
4. ARP:
• ARP stands for Address Resolution Protocol.
• The ARP command is used to access the mapping structure of IP addresses to the MAC address.
This provides us with a better understanding of the transmission of packets in the network
channel.

Output:

5. NbtStat:
• Nbstat is a utility that displays protocol statistics and current TCP/IP connections using NBT
(NetBIOS over TCP/IP), which helps troubleshoot NetBIOS name resolution issues.
• Normally, name resolution is performed when NetBIOS over TCP/IP is functioning correctly.
It does this through a local cache lookup, WINS or DNS server query or through LMHOSTS or
hosts file lookup.

Output:
6. Hostname:

The HOSTNAME command displays the hostname of the system. The hostname command
is much easier to use than going into the system settings to search for it.

Output:

7. Tracert:
• The TRACERT command is used to trace the route during the transmission of the data packet
over to the destination host and also provides us with the “hop” count during transmission.
 • Using the number of hops and the hop IP address, we can troubleshoot network issues and
identify the point of the problem during the transmission of the data packet.

Output:
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IpConfig:
• The command IP config will display basic details about the device’s IP address configuration.
• Just type IP config in the Windows prompt and the IP, subnet mask and default gateway that
the current device will be presented.
• If you have to see full information, then type on command prompt config-all and then you will
see full information. There are also choices to assist you in resolving DNS and DHCP issues.

Output:
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IpConfig/all:
• It is used to check the ip configuration of various Network interface cards.
• This command can also provide mac address information of NICs. Shorter command is
ipconfig which gives limited information.

Output:
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NSLookup:

• The NSLookup command is used to troubleshoot network connectivity issues in the system.
Using the NSLookup command, we can access the information related to our system’s DNS
server, i.e., domain name and IP address.
Output:
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Part II
All commands related to Network configuration which includes how to switch to
privilege mode and normal mode and how to configure router interface and how to
save this configuration to flash memory or permanent memory. This command
includes
Tasks:
● Configuring the Router commands
1. interface
2. ip address
3. description
4. no shutdown
● General Commands to configure network
A. enable
B. config -t
C. password
D. login
E. exit
● Privileged Mode commands of a router
It allows the user to configure the router, that is, change its ip settings. It is accessed
by using the enable command.
● Router Processes & Statistics
● IP Commands
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Demonstrated output
● Ping from right to left LAN:

Router Switch hub configuration :

Conclusion:
• Understood the need of using network commands and the way to implement them in the
Linux Terminal and Windows command prompt.

• Learnt about the different network commands to troubleshoot and configure the system's
network settings.
• Learned about various commands like interface, enable, etc. to configure a network. Used these
commands to configure the router and create a network using Cisco Packet Tracer software.
Checked the connectivity using the commands on command prompt such as ipconfig, ping, etc.
Used the simulation tab to verify the connectivity of the network devices, that is, router and
switches.