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You work as a Network Administrator for NetTech Inc. You want to know the local IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway of a NIC in a Windows 98 computer. Which of the following utilities will yo
The correct answer is B. WINIPCFG. WINIPCFG is the graphical IP configuration utility built into Windows 95/98/Me that displays local IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. Later Windows versions replaced it with the command-line IPCONFIG.
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You work as a Network Administrator for NetTech Inc. You want to know the local IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway of a NIC in a Windows 98 computer. Which of the following utilities will you use to accomplish this ?
Options
- ATRACERT
- BWINIPCFG
- CNETSTAT
- DFDISK
How the community answered
(50 responses)- A4% (2)
- B76% (38)
- C6% (3)
- D14% (7)
Why each option
WINIPCFG is the graphical IP configuration utility built into Windows 95/98/Me that displays local IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. Later Windows versions replaced it with the command-line IPCONFIG.
TRACERT traces the route packets take to a destination host and does not display local NIC configuration.
WINIPCFG (winipcfg.exe) is a Windows 98 graphical utility that displays all NIC adapters and their current TCP/IP settings including IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway. It was the standard tool for IP troubleshooting on Windows 9x systems before being superseded by IPCONFIG in Windows NT-based operating systems.
NETSTAT displays active network connections, listening ports, and protocol statistics, but not the local NIC's IP address or subnet mask.
FDISK is a disk partitioning utility used to create and manage disk partitions and has nothing to do with network configuration.
Concept tested: Windows 98 IP configuration utility WINIPCFG
Source: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/how-to-use-winipcfg-in-windows-98-and-windows-me-7fbe5a36-5b6e-4c4e-9c7d-5c4b1e7e7e7e
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