Data Communica on and Computer Networks

Assignment No.03

Assignment Date: 17-5-2023

Due Date Till 26-05-2023 (submit in CISCO Lab ll 11:00)

(Note: This assignment is con nua on of Assignment No 2,Take snapshots of your work from
www.tryhackme.com and paste it at the end of this assignment )

Task 5:
Networking Tools Ping
Answer the ques ons below
i. What command would you use to ping the bbc.co.uk website?

ii. Ping muirlandoracle.co.uk

What is the IPv4 address?

iii. What switch lets you change the interval of sent ping requests?

iv. What switch would allow you to restrict requests to IPv4?

v. What switch would give you a more verbose output?

Task 6:
Networking Tools Traceroute
Answer the questions below
i. Use traceroute on tryhackme.com

Can you see the path your request has taken?

ii. What switch would you use to specify an interface when using Traceroute?

iii. What switch would you use if you wanted to use TCP SYN requests when tracing the route?

iv. Which layer of the TCP/IP model will traceroute run on by default (Windows)?
Task 7:
Networking Tools WHOIS
Answer the questions below
i. Perform a whois search on facebook.com

ii. What is the registrant postal code for facebook.com?

iii. When was the facebook.com domain first registered (Format: DD/MM/YYYY)?

iv. Perform a whois search on microso .com

(Note: If you fail to read the above instruc on and consequently get the wrong answer for the

next ques on, don't expect a helpful response if you report it as a bug...)

v. Which city is the registrant based in?

vi. What is the name of the golf course that is near the registrant address for microso .com?

vii. What is the registered Tech Email for microso .com?

Task 8

Networking Tools Dig

Answer the questions below

i. What is DNS short for?

ii. What is the first type of DNS server your computer would query when you search for a domain?

iii. What type of DNS server contains records specific to domain extensions (i.e. .com, .co.uk*,

etc)*? Use the long version of the name.

iv. Where is the very first place your computer would look to find the IP address of a domain?

v. Google runs two public DNS servers. One of them can be queried with the IP 8.8.8.8, what is the

IP address of the other one?

vi. If a DNS query has a TTL of 24 hours, what number would the dig query show?