How many network interfaces $($i$.$e$.,$ the physical network connections$)$ does your computer have? Describe them briefly. They could be wired and$/$or wireless.

Bring up a command window $($Start menu $>$ Run dots$>cmd).$

Using the ipconfig $/$ all command on Windows and answer the following questions:

a$.$ What is the MAC address $($physical address$)$ you are using?

b$.$ What is its IP address?

c$.$ What is the default gateway?

d$.$ What other information that ipconfig provides do you understand?

Try to ping your default gateway by tying the command: ping $xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx$ where the XXX is the IP address from Q$2$C$.$ What information do you get? What does it mean?

Try to ping a public web page using the following command: ping www$,$

google.com What information do you get? What does it mean?

Try to execute a tracert $($traceroute$)$ to www$.$rowan edu web site. How do you interpret the results you got?

Try a traceroute to

www$.$google.com. Why are the results so different $($assuming you run both commands from campus$)?$ hitp:$//$wnw$.$all$-$nettools.com$/$toolbox if you can't execute the commands on your machine.$)$