Command Line Terms and meaning.

Question 1

Displays information pertaining to your network adapter. namely TCP/IP connections.

Answer 1

Ipconfig

Question 2

This command displays much more information. Namely the MAC address.

Answer 2

ipconfig/all

Question 3

this displays the hostname of the computer

Answer 3

hostname

Question 4

this command releases any IP configurations received from a DHCP server.

Answer 4

ipconfig /release

Question 5

this command reconfigured the computer with the same IP address it used before. this may also reconfigure based on the computer’s registry

Answer 5

ipconfig / renew

Question 6

This command is used to test the existence of other host on the network.

Answer 6

Ping

Question 7

This command is used to test the local computer.

Answer 7

ping localhost, ping lookback

Question 8

this command is used to test the local computer, but this test is placed on the network segment. This is the best way to test on a IPV4 network

Answer 8

ping 127.0.0.1

Question 9

this command allows you to specify the amount of data you can used during the test.

Answer 9

ping -l

Question 10

This command shows the TCP connections by itself.

Answer 10

netstat

Question 11

This command shows the TCP and UDP connections.

Answer 11

netstat -A