Follow the instructions in the assignment and turn in a word document (doc, docx) or text document (txt) with your answers to the questions.

Note: All commands below must be performed from a computer connected to the internet (dial-up, cable, DSL, network)

Open a command prompt. In windows Vista, Windows 7, or Windows XP click on the Window's Start button, -- then for Vista or Windows 7, select All Programs >> Accessories >>, Command Prompt. -- for XP, select Run then in the Run window, type " cmd " and press OK.

In the command prompt execute this command " ipconfig /all " (type in the command and press the Enter key - Note there is a space between the g and the /)

Answer the following questions:

2.

a. What is your computer's IP Address? Why does your computer need to have an IP address?

b. Does your computer use DHCP? What is the purpose of DHCP?

c. What is your default gateway? Why does your computer need to know its default gateway?

d. What is (are) your DNS server(s)? Why does your computer need to know the address of a DNS server? IE: What does your computer use the DNS server for?

e, What is your computer's subnet mask? What is the purpose of a subnet mask?

3.

1. Go to this web address ( http://www.betterwhois.com/) (which is a web based version of whois) and in the search box enter "geneseohills.org"
   1. Who is the registrant?
   2. What is the Registrant Organization?
   3. What is the purpose of whois?

4.

1. From the command prompt, type this command "nslookup google.com" (if this does not work use this web page)
   1. What is the ip address(es) of google.com?
   2. What is the purpose of the nslookup command?

5.

1. Take the ip address you got for google.com and in a command prompt, enter it into this command "tracert xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx"
   1. What kind of information did you get back?
   2. What is the purpose of the tracert command?

This is an networking class. Good luck