Execute the following commands on windows DOS box and try all variations:
· Ipconfig /help
· Ping /help
· Arp /help
· Nslookup
? help
· Tracert -?
· Netstat /help
· Route /help
Browse to whois.net
Read about "Hosts File" on wikipedia.org
Submit answers for the following:
1. Find the IP addresses of www.google.com and www.yahoo.com
2. Modify the hosts file to map www.google.com to yahoo's IP address and try to do a google search.
Remove the modification to the host file and repeat.
3. Find the domain name of 128.252.160.200 (reverse the address and add.in-addr.arpa)
4. Find the owner of fccollege.edu.pk domain
5. Find route from your computer to www.google.com
6. Find the MAC address of your computer
7. Print your ARP cache table. Find a server on your local network. Change its ARP entry in your computer to point to your computer's MAC address. Print new ARP cache table. Now use the service and see what happens.
8. Print your routing table and explain each line (up to line #20 if too many)
9. What is the number of packets sent with "destination unreachable"
10. Find the location of 128.252.166.147 (use ipaddresslocation.org)