Networking Commands

Question 1

This tells you whether your computer can reach some destination IP address or domain name, and if it can, how long it takes data to travel there and back again

Answer 1

ping

Question 2

What does packet loss lead to?

Answer 2

Poor performance in games and streaming

Question 3

When accessing the internet or any network, small units of data called (blank) are sent and received.

When 1 or more of these (blank) fails to reach its intended destination, this is called what?

Answer 3

Packets
Packet loss

Question 4

By default how many data packets does the ping command send?

How many seconds before it times out?

Answer 4

4
4 seconds

Question 5

How would you increase the number of packets?

Answer 5

ping [website] -n [number of packets you want]

Question 6

How would you increase the timeout duration?

Answer 6

ping [website] -w [number you would like to increase it to]

value is in milliseconds

Question 7

What does tracert stand for?

Answer 7

Trace Route

Question 8

Sends out a data packet as a way to troubleshoot any network issues you might have, but it instead tracks the route of the packet as it hops from server to server

Answer 8

tracert

Question 9

After sending out packets from you to a given destination, it analyses the route taken and compute packet loss on a per-hop basis

More informative & takes longer to execute

Answer 9

pathping

Question 10

This output shows every network adapter on your system and how they resolve

Answer 10

ipconfig

Question 11

What sections under the Wireless LAN Adapter and Ethernet Adapter are most important?

Answer 11

IPv4 Address & Default Gateway

Question 12

Why would you ever need to flush your DNS cache?

Answer 12

• Prevent phishing schemes
• Directs you to the most up to date versions of your most frequently visited websites
• Restores your internet connection
• Keeps your data private

Question 13

How would you flush your DNS cache?

Answer 13

ipconfig /flushdns

Question 14

What does MAC address stand for?

Answer 14

Media Access Control

Question 15

Where are MAC addresses stored?

Answer 15

In the device’s hardware

Question 16

How would you check your MAC address?

Answer 16

getmac

Question 17

nslookup stands for?

Answer 17

Name server lookup

Question 18

How would you find out the IP address behind a certain domain name?

Answer 18

nslookup [website]

Question 19

How would you show a routing table?

Answer 19

netstat -r

Question 20

What does Netsh stand for?

Answer 20

Network Shell

Question 21

A cmd command for networking that lets you view and configure almost every network adapter on your system in more detail and granularity

Answer 21

netsh

Question 22

Running netsh by itself will put you in what?

Answer 22

Network shell mode

Question 23

How would you view all the wireless network drivers on your system and their properties?

Answer 23

netsh wlan show drivers

Question 24

A network node that serves as an access point for traffic between different networks. It is the router through which devices on a local network can access resources on remote networks, such as the internet.

Answer 24

Default gateway

Question 25

A powerful command-line shell and scripting language that provides system administrators and developers with a flexible and efficient way to automate tasks and manage Windows-based systems

Answer 25

Powershell

Question 26

Specialized .NET classes that can be used to perform specific tasks such as managing the file system, managing processes and managing the registry.

Answer 26

Cmdlets (command-lets)