Netw202 Week 1 Lab Report

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Name:

Date: 03/08/14

Professor:

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ElementK Tutorial, How to use vLabs Lab (10 points)

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After reading the ElementK iLab Tutorial, answer the following fill-in-the-blank questions on how to access the labs.

Question 1:

Cisco vLabs

Client Options (Enabled): ActiveX, Sun Java, Native Telnet (2 points)

Question 2:

Personal firewalls (i.e. client based) must allow access to ports specified for specific vLab type, allow use of our tunneling software if specified ports are blocked, or be disabled to gain access to the vLab. (2 points)

Question 3: Click the “Access Lab” link on ‘Lab Content’ tab to launch the vLab. (2 points)

Question 4:

Select Start Lab Now on left frame of resulting lab console window to take a vLab instantly (2 points)

Question 5:

Select Schedule Lab on the left frame of the lab console window to schedule vLab for a future day/time.

(2 points)

Using Windows Applications as Network Tools vLab (15 points)

Write a paragraph (minimum five college-level sentences) below that summarizes what was accomplished in this lab, what you learned by performing it, how it relates to this week’s TCO’s and other course material; and just as important, how you feel it will benefit you in your academic and professional career. (10 points)

This lab helped me to understand how to identify TCP/IP configurations of local area networks. It also enlightened me on how to test connectivity across the network given a specific destination. This lab has helped me to understand the different components of a network and how it basically works. In seeing how to use the command prompt to test network connectivity has helped me to understand how to identify connectivity issues. I feel my greatest benefit is knowing how to determine if connectivity issues are local issues or somewhere out on the...