Commands

Question 1

Uses ICMP to check if a device is available on a network.

Answer 1

ping command

Question 2

This can be used to see the many different views of what the statistics are for network communications on that particular device, such as active communications.

Answer 2

Netstat command

Question 3

Uses a function of ICMP to be able to map out a network communication.

Answer 3

tracert command

Question 4

This is a utility where you can put in an IP address or the name of a device and it will either perform a lookup or a reverse lookup on a naming service.

Answer 4

nslookup command

Question 5

This function will provide more information from the DNS server than nsloookup.

Answer 5

dig command

Question 6

Used to access the ARP cache on your computer.

Answer 6

arp command

Question 7

Both of these commands are designed to give you information about the hardware address and the IP addressing on your device.

Answer 7

ipconfig = Windows ifconfig = Mac OS, Linux….pretty much anything else.

Question 8

It captures packets! You can not only capture the packets, you can apply filters, you can view these packets going by in real time, and if you’re just trying to view some very basic information

Answer 8

tcpdump command

Question 9

This a network mapper and allows you to gather information from all of the different devices across the network. You can scan ports, OSs, and services. You can even use it to do vulnerability scans!

Answer 9

nmap command

Question 10

You can use it to listen to active ports and even send information through that port.

Answer 10

netcat