CompTIA A+ Remote Technician Quiz #9

[ramesh]

You are the computer technician for your company. An employee is unable to connect to resources on a remote subnet and they are unable to access the Internet. You need to view all of the network configuration information for the employee's Windows XP computer. What command line utility can you use? Choose the best option(s) from those listed below.

a) IFCONFIG
b) WINIPCFG
c) PING
d) IPCONFIG

[ramesh]

You can use IPCONFIG with the /ALL switch to view all of the network configuration information for any computer running Windows NT/2000/XP. The IPCONFIG utility will give you the information for all configured network adapters on a particular computer.

Correct Option(s):

d) IPCONFIG

Incorrect Option(s):

a) IFCONFIG - IFCONFIG is the Linux/Unix equivalent of IPCONFIG, but it also allows you to change the configuration of the network adapters.
b) WINIPCFG - WINIPCFG is the Windows 9x equivalent of IPCONFIG, but it also allows you to change the configuration of the network adapters.
c) PING - PING is used to test connectivity between two computers. It cannot display the network configuration information for a computer.