GSLC · Question #7
Adrian knows the host names of all the computers on his network. He wants to find the IP addresses of these computers. Which of the following TCP/IP utilities can he use to find the IP addresses of…
The correct answer is B. PING D. TRACERT. PING and TRACERT both perform DNS name resolution to translate a hostname into an IP address before executing their network functions, making them useful for discovering IP addresses from known hostnames.
Question
Adrian knows the host names of all the computers on his network. He wants to find the IP addresses of these computers. Which of the following TCP/IP utilities can he use to find the IP addresses of these computers? Each correct answer represents a complete solution. Choose two.
Options
- AIPCONFIG
- BPING
- CNETSTAT
- DTRACERT
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Why each option
PING and TRACERT both perform DNS name resolution to translate a hostname into an IP address before executing their network functions, making them useful for discovering IP addresses from known hostnames.
IPCONFIG displays IP configuration for the local machine's own interfaces only and cannot resolve or display IP addresses of remote hosts by hostname.
PING resolves the specified hostname through DNS before sending ICMP Echo Request packets, and the resolved IP address is displayed in the output, allowing identification of the remote host's IP.
NETSTAT displays active local TCP/UDP connections and listening ports but does not perform hostname-to-IP resolution for arbitrary remote hosts.
TRACERT also performs DNS resolution on the target hostname and displays the resolved IP address along with each hop's IP along the path, providing the destination IP from the hostname.
Concept tested: TCP/IP utilities that resolve hostnames to IP addresses
Source: https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-server/administration/windows-commands/ping
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