Exercise 2: Network configuration and connection status Ping is a utility that sends an ICMP echo...

 

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Exercise 2: Network configuration and connection status "Ping" is a utility that sends an ICMP echo message to another host on the network and receives a message back to let you know that your computer is communicating with other devices on the network. If a computer is not able to connect to a particular host or to another network, the ping utility is used as a troubleshooting tool to determine where the network communication is failing. You should see a message that tells you that the other computer is responding to your ping request. Use ping utility to check the connection status through the following steps: On a command prompt type: >ping ip address or hostname 1. Ping your own host. 2. Ping your neighbor on the same subnet Ping one host on a different subnet 3. 4. Ping WebServer (If possible) 5. Ping a host that is shut down Compare, analyze the result and explain every field of the output of all steps above in the space provided below. Sent Received Lost Round trip times(ms) Min Max Avg Exercise 2: Network configuration and connection status "Ping" is a utility that sends an ICMP echo message to another host on the network and receives a message back to let you know that your computer is communicating with other devices on the network. If a computer is not able to connect to a particular host or to another network, the ping utility is used as a troubleshooting tool to determine where the network communication is failing. You should see a message that tells you that the other computer is responding to your ping request. Use ping utility to check the connection status through the following steps: On a command prompt type: >ping ip address or hostname 1. Ping your own host. 2. Ping your neighbor on the same subnet Ping one host on a different subnet 3. 4. Ping WebServer (If possible) 5. Ping a host that is shut down Compare, analyze the result and explain every field of the output of all steps above in the space provided below. Sent Received Lost Round trip times(ms) Min Max Avg

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