Question: Complete the following and insert screenshots for each step: Open your web browser and navigate to https://mxtoolbox.com/NetworkTools.aspx. Familiarize yourself with these tools and use these

Complete the following and insert screenshots for each step: 

  1. Open your web browser and navigate to https://mxtoolbox.com/NetworkTools.aspx. Familiarize yourself with these tools and use these tools to lookup your gateway's public IPv4 address. Then use these tools to do a trace to your public IPv4 address. TAKE A SCREENSHOT and ADD YOURShere. (5 pts)
  2. Then use the MXTOOLBOX tools to do a trace to kennesaw.edu. TAKE A SCREENSHOT and ADD YOURShere.(5 pts)
  3. The trace tool used by mxtoolbox.com uses ICMP Traceroute. Research and explain in detail how traceroute works and how it can be used to help troubleshoot a problem? (15 pts)


  1. Now try the ping command. In windows, open up a command prompt window. And type "ipconfig /all" to find your own local MAC address, IPv4 address, and private IPv4 gateway address. Then try pinging each IPv4 address. You should see something like the below:



  1. Take your screenshot and Add it HERE.(15 pts)
  2. Troubleshooting is a large part of what IT techs do. What might it mean from a troubleshooting standpoint if you "ping" your gateway and it times out? Do some research and answer this question and cover all possibilities as if you pinged your gateway from the WAN side and the LAN side. (a) WAN side fails, LAN side works; (b) WAN side works, LAN side fails; (c) WAN side fails, LAN side fails (15 pts)
  3. What might it mean from a troubleshooting standpoint if you "ping" an Internet domain and it times out? Do some research and provide a substantive answer. (15 pts)



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