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COMPUTER NETWORKS (BTCSE 605)

Lab Assignment 2

1.NETWORKING COMMANDS

AIM: To study the basic networking commands.

NETWORKING COMMANDS:

C:\>arp –a: ARP is short form of address resolution protocol, It will show the IP address of your
computer along with the IP address and MAC address of your router.

C:\>hostname: This is the simplest of all TCP/IP commands. It simply displays the name of your
computer.

C:\>ipconfig: The ipconfig command displays information about the host (the computer your sitting
at)computer TCP/IP configuration.

C:\>ipconfig /all: This command displays detailed configuration information about your TCP/IP
connection including Router, Gateway, DNS, DHCP, and type of Ethernet adapter in your system.

C:\>Ipconfig /renew: Using this command will renew all your IP addresses that you are currently
(leasing) borrowing from the DHCP server. This command is a quick problem solver if you are
having connection issues, but does not work if you have been configured with a static IP address.

C:\>Ipconifg /release: This command allows you to drop the IP lease from the DHCP server.

C:\>ipconfig /flushdns: This command is only needed if you’re having trouble with your networks
DNS configuration. The best time to use this command is after network configuration frustration
sets in, and you really need the computer to reply with flushed.

C:\>nbtstat –a: This command helps solve problems with NetBIOS name resolution. (Nbt stands for
NetBIOS over TCP/IP)

C:\>netdiag: Netdiag is a network testing utility that performs a variety of network diagnostic tests,
allowing you to pinpoint problems in your network. Netdiag isn’t installed by default, but can be
installed from the Windows XP CD after saying no to the install. Navigate to the CD ROM drive
letter and open the support\tools folder on the XP CD and click the setup.exe icon in the
support\tools folder.

C:\>netstat: Netstat displays a variety of statistics about a computers active TCP/IP connections.
This tool is most useful when you’re having trouble with TCP/IP applications such as HTTP, and
FTP .

C:\>nslookup: Nslookup is used for diagnosing DNS problems. If you can access a resource by
specifying an IP address but not it’s DNS you have a DNS problem.
C:\>pathping: Pathping is unique to Window’s, and is basically a combination of the Ping and
Tracert commands. Pathping traces the route to the destination address then launches a 25 second
test of each router along the way, gathering statistics on the rate of data loss along each hop.

C:\>ping: Ping is the most basic TCP/IP command, and it’s the same as placing a phone call to your
best friend. You pick up your telephone and dial a number, expecting your best friend to reply with
“Hello” on the other end. Computers make phone calls to each other over a network by using a Ping
command. The Ping commands main purpose is to place a phone call to another computer on the
network, and request an answer. Ping has 2 options it can use to place a phone call to another
computer on the network. It can use the computers name or IP address.

C:\>route: The route command displays the computers routing table. A typical computer, with a
single network interface, connected to a LAN, with a router is fairly simple and generally doesn’t
pose any network problems. But if you’re having trouble accessing other computers on your
network, you can use the route command to make sure the entries in the routing table are correct.

C:\>tracert: The tracert command displays a list of all the routers that a packet has to go through to
get from the computer where tracert is run to any other computer on the internet.

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