1) What is the purpose of the Gateway address? Could the computer use a gateway

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1) What is the purpose of the Gateway address? Could the computer use a gateway router located at 192.168.1.1 instead of 172.16.1.1? Explain.

2) Identify the command that would confirm/ identify each of the following.

     A) Both your computer and a destination computer on the network appear to be operational in that they can communicate on the network.

     B) Every router on the network.

     C) The IP Address of a domain named harvard.edu.

     D) The network configuration of a Windows computer.

Explanation / Answer

Gateway

Gateway is Router Interface connected to local network that sends packets out of the local network

Gateway has physical and logical Address. but default gateway act as intermediate device that connects to the internet.

Yes , computer use a gateway router located at 192.168.1.1 instead of 172.16.1.1

because 192.168.x.x machines uses the 255.255.255.0

Ans (a)

ping and pathping command is used for both your computer and destination computer on the network appear to be operational in that they can communicate on the network

Ans (b)

ipconfig/all   command is used For Every router on the network

Ans (c) IP Address of a Domain Name harvard.edu

ping harvard.edu

Ans(d)

nslookup Network configuration of a Windows Computer

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