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Practical 3
Aim:- Study of basic network command and Network configuration commands
1. Ping
Ping is used to testing a network host capacity to interact with another host. Just enter the command
Ping, followed by the target host’s name or IP address. The ping utilities seem to be the most common
network tool. This is performed by using the Internet Control Message Protocol, which allows the
echo packet to be sent to the destination host and a listening mechanism. If the destination host reply
to the requesting host, that means the host is reachable.
2. NetStat
Netstat is a Common TCP – IP networking command-line method present in most Windows, Linux,
UNIX, and other operating systems. The netstat provides the statistics and information in the use of
the current TCP-IP Connection network about the protocol.
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3. Ip Config
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.
4. Hostname
To communicate with each and other, the computer needs a unique address. A hostname can be
alphabetic or alphanumeric and contain specific symbols used specifically to define a specific node or
device in the network. For example, a hostname should have a domain name (TLD) of the top-level
and a distance between one and 63 characters when used in a domain name system (DNS) or on the
Internet.
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5. Tracert
The tracert command is a Command Prompt command which is used to get the network packet being
sent and received and the number of hops required for that packet to reach to target. This command
can also be referred to as a traceroute. It provides several details about the path that a packet takes
from the source to the specified destination.
6. Nslookup
The Nslookup, which stands for name server lookup command, is a network utility command used to
obtain information about internet servers. It provides name server information for the DNS (Domain
Name System), i.e. the default DNS server’s name and IP Address.
7. Route
In IP networks, routing tables are used to direct packets from one subnet to another. The Route
command provides the device’s routing tables. To get this result, just type route print. The Route
command returns the routing table, and the user can make changes by Commands such as Route Add,
Route Delete, and Route Change, which allows modifying the routing table as a requirement.
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8. ARP
ARP stands for Address Resolution Protocol. Although network communications can readily be
thought of as an IP address, the packet delivery depends ultimately on the media access control
(MAC). This is where the protocol for address resolution comes into effect. You can add the remote
host IP address, which is an arp -a command, in case you have issues to communicate with a given
host. The ARP command provides information like Address, Flags, Mask, IFace, Hardware Type,
Hardware Address, etc.
9. Path Ping
We discussed the Ping command and the Tracert command. There are similarities between these
commands. The pathping command which provides a combination of the best aspects of Tracert and
Ping.
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