Lab Worksheet 1 For TNM Course
Lab Worksheet 1 For TNM Course
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4. Lab Exercise:
Problem Statement:
Open the linux terminal and execute the following basic networking tools and
utilities. Make your observations and record the output of each command.
Steps to be followed: Open the terminal in Linux and execute the following
commands:
1. ifconfig
Observe the details that are displayed and record
o Number of interfaces that are shown.
o IP address and MAC address of the respective interfaces.
o Other statistical information.
o What is Subnet Mask of each interface and its significance.
2. ping x.x.x.x or ping <some_domain_name>
(x.x.x.x – represents some IP address of the node)
o What is the use of ping utility in computer networks?
o Observe the different details that are displayed like time for icmp echo
request and replies, number of bytes sent etc.
o Also try to ping an IP address or domain name that does not exist and
record your observations.
3. nslookup www.abc.com (or any other website)
o What is the purpose of nslookup utility in computer networks?
o Make a query to obtain the IP address of some website using nslookup
utility and record the same.
o Observe the type A, server, non-authoritative or other type information
that are displayed for the ip addresses and record the same.
4. dig www.abc.com (or any other website)
o What does “dig” stand for and why it being used in networking?
o Make a query for one website and record the output of the command such
as IP addresses, query time etc.
o Observe for any other additional details.
5. host www.abc.com (or any other website)
o Observe the details that are displayed containing various ip addresses of
the server queried.
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6. netstat
o Observe the details displayed like the list of open connections.
7. netstat –i
o Observe the details of the networking interfaces.
8. netstat –r
o Observe the details of the routing table
9. arp –a
o What does “arp” stands for and what is the purpose of the arp utility?
o Observe the details on the entries in ARP table and record the same.
Submission guidelines:
The student should be instructed to take a snapshot of the screen to showcase their
usage of the Nuvepro lab portal along with the required codebase and other needed
information.
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