70-680 Configuring Windows 7 Lab Manual
LAB 7
CONFIGURING
NETWORK
CONNECTIONS
Exercise 7.1 Using te !etwor" and #aring Center
Overview On a Windows 7 computer, the Network and Sharing Center provides
access to most of the operating system’s networking tools and
configuration parameters. n !"ercise 7.#, you e"amine the current
Sharing and $iscovery settings on one of the computers that will
%ecome part of the la% network.
Completion time #& minutes
Question
1
Why did the network map fail to appear?
Network mapping is disabled by default on domain networks.
Question
2
Could the current state of the advanced sharing settings be
the reason why the network map fails to appear?
No because everything is turned on
Exercise 7.$ Enabling !etwor" Ma%
Overview n !"ercise 7.', you use local (roup )olicy to ena%le Network *ap to
display a diagram of the network, so you can plan the software
deployments for the la% network at a later time.
Completion time #& minutes
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#'. +ake a screen shot of the Network *ap window %y pressing ,lt-)rt Scr, and then
paste the resulting image into the la%&7.worksheet file in the page provided %y
pressing Ctrl-/.
did turn on mapper %ut it is still not mapping.
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Question
3
Why does the RWDC0 computer not appear on the Network
!ap display?
Exercise 7.& Manuall' Configuring (C)*+)
Overview 0ecause the la% network you are constructing for Contoso, 1td. must %e
isolated from the production network, you do not want the la%
computers to o%tain their +C)2) settings from the $3C) servers on
the production network. +herefore, in !"ercise 7.4 you manually
configure the +C)2) client to use static ) addresses.
Completion time #5 minutes
4. 6sing the information in the pconfig.e"e display, note your workstation’s current
+C)2) configuration settings in +a%le 778.
Table 7-4
TCP/IP Setting Value
+),- .ddress
#ubnet Mas"
/efault 0atewa'
/!# #er,ers
Question
4
"ow did the computer obtain these settings? "ow can you
determine this?
Question
5
What is the result of this command?
Question
6
Which of the parameters in the #nternet $rotocol %ersion &
'(C$)#$v&* $roperties sheet would you have to omit for your
computer to be unable to resolve a computer name into its #$
address?
70-680 Configuring Windows 7 Lab Manual
#'. +ake a screen shot of the nternet )rotocol /ersion 8 9+C)2)v8: )roperties sheet
%y pressing ,lt-)rt Scr, and then paste the resulting image into the
la%&7.worksheet file in the page provided %y pressing Ctrl-/.
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Question
7
"ow does the #pconfig display differ from the first time you
ran the ipconfig )all command?
Exercise 7.- (esting !etwor" Connections
Overview ,fter manually configuring the Windows 7 +C)2) client, you must test
it %y trying to connect to the other computers on the network. n
!"ercise 7.8, you use the )ing utility to test the computer’s
communications capa%ilities.
Completion time #& minutes
Question
8
What is the result?
Question
9
What does this result prove about the computer+s network
connectivity?
Question
10
What would be the result if you unplugged your computer+s
network cable before e,ecuting the ping -..0.0.
command?
Question
11
What is the result of the ping test/ and what does it prove?
Question
12
What is the #$ address of RWDC0?
Question
13
"ow was the computer able to resolve the name RWDC0
into its #$ address?
Question
14
What was the result of the test/ and what does this result
prove?
Question
15
What was the result of the test/ and what does this result
prove?
Question
16
Was it necessary to perform this last test? Why or why not?
70-680 Configuring Windows 7 Lab Manual
LAB CHALLENE! "#$N N#L%%&"'(E)E
Completion time #& minutes
Nslookup.e"e is a command line utility that ena%les administrators to test specific
functionalities of the $omain Name System 9$NS:. +o complete this challenge, you
must list the proper Nslookup commands that will perform the following tasks;
• $isplay the NS1OO<6) prompt.
• Set the default domain name to contoso.com.
• Set =W$C&# to function as the default $NS server.
• =esolve the name of your workstation.