Lab 3
Basic LAN Setup
Objective:
The purpose of this lab is for the student to create a basic LAN. Students
will connect and configure PC’s in a LAN. Students will also utilize network
commands to test and verify network connectivity between devices.
Diagram:
Components:
6 – PC’s with an Ethernet NIC
1 – Hub
Procedure:
• Connect all PC’s to the hub. Verify that the connectivity light on
the hub is active for every PC that is connected.
• Go to the network card properties for IP Version 4 and manually
put in the machines IP address.
• Save the configuration and disable the NIC, then re-enable the
NIC.
• In a production environment you should reboot the
machine after an IP address change. Explain why.
____It allows the system to fully update its settings within a work
environments
network.______________________________________________
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• Bring up a command prompt and verify the machines IP
address has been configured properly by running the ipconfig command
• Run the ipconfig /all command. Find the mac address of the PC
and record it below.
____00-50-56-
c0-00-08________________________________________________
• Bring up a command prompt and ping the IP address of another
machine in the diagram.
• Was the ping successful? How can you tell?
• I received a ACK of the
reply.________________________________________________
• Ping the IP address [Link].
• Was the ping successful? How can you tell? ________
• Yes, I received a reply
message.________________________________________
• Ping [Link]
• Was the ping successful? What is this address?
________Yes, this is a loop around of my own connection.
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• Run the command arp –a in the command prompt.
• List the entries below
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• Ping all of the PC’s, then run the arp –a command again.
• Did the arp table change? Why?
______No, because I had already pinged the other students at this
point. It connects to the others I do, and does not automatically do
so if I had not already pinged the other students IP
addresses._______________________________________
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• Run the command netstat –a in the command prompt.
• What is listed?
________It lists all established connections.
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• Go to an Internet browser and type in \\[Link]
• Did the table in netstat –a change?
_____________The table did not
change.___________________________________
• Run [Link] and observer its table. Try to make another
connection to \\[Link].
• How is tcpview different from netstat (besides one being
command based and the other gui based.
____TCPview is updating in real time, whereas netstat simply
shows a snapshot where you would need to constantly rerun the
command.
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• What did you learn by completing this lab?
_____How to check connectivity of servers as well as PCs within a LAN network.
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