Networking Flashcards
1
Q
Difference between switch and router?
A
switch connects multiple devices within a network, router
connects multiple switches to external network
2
Q
How to find ip address of Linux server?
A
ifconfig, hostname -I, nmcli dev show
3
Q
How to find ip address of Windows server?
A
ipconfig
4
Q
What is ping command?
A
gives us the latency of the remote server and to check the connectivity
5
Q
What is loopback address?
A
to check the TCP stack is intact or not
6
Q
How can we make sure that a NIC is operational?
A
ethtool ens33 – packets dropped ethtool nic-name
ifconfig – ip address should be assigned
nmcli dev show
7
Q
If are trying to access yahoo.com how to find out it’s ip address?
A
nslookup yahoo.com – name
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