LAB 2

CONFIGURING
NETWORK
CONNECTIONS

THIS LAB CONTAINS THE FOLLOWING EXERCISES AND ACTIVITIES:

Exercise 2.1

Troubleshooting Network Connectivity

Exercise 2.2

Configuring IPv6

Exercise 2.3

Troubleshooting Name Resolution Problems

Exercise 2.4

Looking at Network Statistics and Port Usage

Lab Challenge

Configure Network Card Settings

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

The lab environment consists of student workstations connected to a local area
network, along with a server that functions as the domain controller for a domain
called contoso.com. The computers required for this lab are listed in Table 2-1.
Table 2-1
Computers required for Lab 2
Computer
Server

Operating System
Windows Server 2008 R2

Computer Name
RWDC01

Workstation 1

Windows 7 Enterprise

NYC-CL1

Workstation 2

Windows 7 Enterprise

NYC-VS1

NOTE

In a classroom lab environment, there will be one classroom server and

the students will have workstations named using consecutive numbers in
place of the xx and yy variables. In a virtual lab environment, each
student will have three virtual machines, named RWDC01, NYC-CL1,
and NYC-VS1.

In addition to the computers, you will also require the software listed in Table 2-2 to
complete Lab 2.
Table 2-2
Software required for Lab 2
Software
Lab 2 student worksheet

Location
Lab02_worksheet.rtf (provided by instructor)

Working with Lab Worksheets

Each lab in this manual requires that you answer questions, make screen shots, and
perform other activities that you will document on a worksheet named for the lab,
such as Lab02_worksheet.rtf. Your instructor will provide you with access to the
worksheets. It is recommended that you use a USB flash drive to store your
worksheets, so you can submit them to your instructor for review. As you perform the
exercises in each lab, open the appropriate worksheet file using WordPad, fill in the
required information, and save the file to your flash drive.

SCENARIO
You are a Windows 7 technical specialist for Contoso Ltd. a company with
workstations in a variety of different environments. You are setting up a testing lab
and you are trying to get a better feel for troubleshooting TCP/IP problems. Therefore,
you are going build the lab network using Windows 7 computers borrowed from the
production network.
After completing this lab, you will be able to:

Manually configure the Windows 7 TCP/IP client

Troubleshoot common network connection problems

Estimated lab time: 60 minutes

Exercise 2.1

Troubleshooting Network Connectivity

Overview

Because the lab network you are constructing for Contoso Ltd. must be

isolated from the production network, you do not want the lab
computers to obtain their TCP/IP settings from the DHCP servers on
the production network. Therefore, you must configure the TCP/IP
client to use static IP addresses. In addition, you will be working with a
partner where one of you is assigned a student number that is an odd
number while the other is assigned a student number that is an even
number.
Completion time

60 minutes

1. Turn on the NYC-CL1 workstation and log on using the contoso\Administrator account
and the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. Click Start. Then click Control Panel. While in Category view, click View network
status and tasks under the Network and Internet group.
3. Click Local Area connection 2.
4. Click the Details buttons. Notice the information there, including how long it has been
up, the speed of the link, and if it has IPv4 or IPv6 connectivity.
5. Click close twice to close the Network Connections Details dialog box.
6. Click Start. Then click All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. A Command
Prompt window appears.
7. In the Command Prompt window, type ipconfig/all and press Enter.
8. Using the information in the Ipconfig.exe display, note your workstations current TCP/IP
configuration settings in Table 2-3.
Table 2-3
TCP/IP Setting
IPv4 address

Value
10.10.0.6

Subnet mask

255.0.0.0

Default gateway

10.10.0.1

DNS servers

10.10.0.10

Question
1

Questio
n2

How did the computer obtain these settings? How can you
determine this? Manually and it list the preferred indicator

If you have an address handed out by a DHCP server and it

appears to be the wrong IP configuration, what are the two

things you should check? Dhcp server and connections

9. In the Network and Sharing Center, click Change adapter settings. The Network
Connections window appears.
10. Right-click the Local Area Connection 2 icon and, from the context menu, select
Properties. The Local Area Connection Properties sheet appears.
11. Select Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) from the components list and click
Properties. The Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties sheet appears, as
shown in Figure 2-1.

Figure 2-1
The Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties sheet

12. In the IP address text box, type the IPv4 Address value from table 2-3, change the
address from 10.10.0.6 to 10.10.1.6.
13. In the Subnet Mask text box, type 255.255.0.0.
14. In the Preferred DNS Server text box, type the DNS Server value from the table 2-3.

15. Take a screen shot of the Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) Properties sheet by
pressing Alt+Prt Scr, and then paste the resulting image into the lab02_worksheet file in
the page provided by pressing Ctrl+V.
16.

Click OK to close
the Internet
Protocol Version 4
(TCP/IPv4)
Properties sheet.

17.

Click close to
close the Local
Area Connection
Properties sheet.

18.

In the Command
Prompt window,
run the
ipconfig
/all command
again.
Questio
n3

When troubleshooting any network connectivity problem,

what command should you execute first in determining the
problem?ipconfig

Questio
n4

What command should you use to verify that your TCP/IP

stack is running properly?ipconfig/all

Questio
n5

What command would you use to test network connectivity

with your partners computer (NYC-VS1)?ping

Questio
n6

If you ping your partners computer (NYC-VS1) by IP

address, what does this tell you about your network
connectivity and what does it not tell you about your network
connectivity? That you and your partner are connected
through a network

21. Ping your partners computer by IP address (10.10.0.9).

Questio
n7

Were you able to ping your partners computer (NYC-VS1)? If

not, why could you not ping the computer? yes

22. Ping your partners computer (NYC-VS1) by name.

Questio
n8

Were you able to ping your partners computer (NYC-VS1)? If

not, why could you not ping the computer? yes

Questio
n9

Can you ping your DNS server? If not, why could you not
ping the DNS server? yes

Questio
n 10

So if you could not access a DNS server, how were you able
to resolve your partners computer address when you pinged
it by name? DHCP Server or host file

Questio
n 11

If you are trying to verify network connectivity with a

computer on a remote host what is the next logical command
to test network connectivity that you should execute?ping the
DNS or use nslookup

23. Change your subnet mask to 255.255.255.240.

Questio
n 12

Can you ping your partners computer? If not, why not? No

on a different subnet

Questio
n 13

Can you ping any other computers in the classroom? No

24. Disconnect the network cable from your computer, either physically or virtually
as appropriate.
Questio
n 14

What information does the ipconfig show? No ip routing

enabled and theremis no DHCP or DNS configured

25. Reconnect the network cable to your computer.

26. Change your IP configuration back to the original settings that you recorded at
the beginning of this lesson for IP address, subnet mask, and primary DNS
server.
27. To use the network troubleshooter for a connection, click Change adapter
settings in the Network and Sharing Center to open the Network Connections
windows, right-click Local Area Connections in the Network Connections
dialog box, and then select Diagnose. If windows network diagnostics Prompts
for Automatically Update your network settings Click, Skip this Step.
28. Then click the Close the troubleshooter option.

Questio
n 15

Your network card most likely has two LEDs. What does each
LED show? Connectivity and Transmission

Exercise 2.2

Configuring IPv6

Overview

Because IPv6 will grow in popularity and eventually replace IPv4, you
need to know how to configure IPv6 settings.

Completion time

10 minutes

1. Turn on the NYC-CL1 workstation and log on using the contoso\Administrator

account and the password Pa$$w0rd.
2. Right-click the network notification item in the taskbar to directly launch
Open Network and Sharing Center.
3. Click the Local Area Connection 2 link.
4. Click the Properties button.
5. Click Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6) and click the Properties
button.
6. In the IPv6 text box, select Use the following IPv6 address and type the
following:
2001:0DB8:0000:0000:02AA:00FF:F328:9C01
7. For the Subnet prefix length, type 64.

8. Click the OK button to close the Internet Protocol Version 6 (TCP/IPv6)

Properties dialog box.
9. Click the Close button to close the Local Area Connection Properties dialog
box and click the Close button to close the Local Area Connection Status
dialog box.
10. Open a command prompt and execute the ipconfig command.
What is the IPv6 and Link-local IPv6 address?

Question
16

IPv6: 2001:db8::2aa:ff:f328:9c01
Link-local IPv6: fe80::e85b:7f79:f2e7:d786%11

Question
17

What is the IPv6 and Link-local IPv6 address of your

partners computer (NYC-VS1) in the lab?
IPv6: ___Not configured__________
Link-local IPv6 fe80:b184:cc26:c26d:68a6%11

11. Ping your IPv6 address.

12. Ping your link-local IPv6 address.
13. Ping your partners IPv6 address.
14. Ping your partners link-local IPv6 address.

Question
18

Now that IPv4 and IPv6 are running on the same computer,
what option do you need to add to the ping command to ping
your partners computer using IPv4?Ping -4
For example, you would use ping 192.168.0.1 /4.

Exercise 2.3

Troubleshooting Name Resolution Problems

Overview

During this part of the lesson, you will be troubleshooting name

resolution problems.

Completion time

10 minutes

1.

Turn on the NYC-CL1 workstation and log on using the contoso\Administrator

account and the password Pa$$w0rd.

2.

Click Start. Then click All Programs > Accessories > Command Prompt. At
Command Prompt window execute the ipconfig command.
Questio
n 19

3.

4.

What is the address of your computer 10.10.1.6 IPv4/

Execute the ipconfig /all command.

Questio
n 20

What is the address of the DNS server? 10.10.0.10

Questio
n 21

If you have an address, 10.10.0.6, what command should

you use to determine the name of the computer from the
DNS server? nslookup

Questio
n 22

What is the name of the computer at 10.10.0.6? uNKNOWN

Perform a DNS reverse lookup by using the command nslookup yourIPAddress.

Questio
n 23

What command would you use to determine the address of

your partners computer (NYC-VS1)? nslookup NYC-VS1

5.

Click the Start button, then click All Programs open the Accessories folder,
right-click Notepad, and select Run as Administrator.

6.

Open the hosts file in the C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts in a Notepad.

7.

Add the following entry:

10.10.0.10

rwdc01

8.

Save the host file.

9.

Go to the command prompt and ping rwdc01.

Questi

What address was used for rwdc01?10.10.0.10

on 24

10. Execute the following command:

nslookup rwdc01
Questi
on 25

So why did the nslookup not use the host file? nslookup looks
in the DNS

11. Remove the entry in the host file that you added previously and save the host file.
12. Close Notepad.
Questi
on 26

If someone makes a change on the DNS server and you

need to clear the DNS cache so that it can get the new
setting, what command would you use? Ipconfig/flushdns

Questi
on 27

If you change an IP address, what command would you use

to register the new IP address with the DNS server?
ipconfig/renew or /registerdns

Exercise 2.4

Looking at Network Statistics and Port Usage

Overview

When troubleshooting IP connectivity problems, there are several

powerful commands that can show you what is going on with a
computer connected to the network.

Completion time

10 minutes

1.

Turn on the NYC-CL1 workstation and log on using the contoso\Administrator

account and the password Pa$$w0rd.

2.

To show the Ethernet parameters, execute the following command in the

command prompt:
netstat e

3.

Run the netstat e command again and notice that some the byte count most
likely increased for the Received, Sent, or both.

Questi
on 28

What command would you use to display all connections and

ports used? netstat -a

Questi
on 29

What option would you use with the netstat command to

display all executables and the listening port associated with
those executables? netstat -o

4.

Run the netstat command that will show all connections and ports used.

5.

Execute the following two commands:

netstat r
Route Print
Questi
on 30

Is there an advantage to running either of these commands?

Yes it gives a full view of your routing table

LAB CHALLENGE: CONFIGURE NETWORK CARD SETTINGS

Completion
time

10 minutes

From time to time, a network connection does not connect correctly and you
have to force the network adapter to use either full duplex or half duplex, or you
may need to force it to run at a certain speed such as 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps, or
1000 Mbps. Therefore, what are the exact steps you would have to perform to
make these changes?