December 21, 2024

Packets Exercise

 

This exercise involves using winipcfg.exe to find an IP address and checking the speed of packet delivery with PING.

  1. Connect to ISP
  2. Run winipcfg.exe

Result: IP address 62.136.245.172

Running a packet marathon using PING.exe

  1. Open DOS window.
  2. At prompt type PING space then domain name of web server.
  3. Press Enter

Results:
www.cancernet.nci.nih.gov [128.231.164.8]
average time 230ms
www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.224.31]
average time 136ms

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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