IP address, domain name and whois lookups

The purpose of this assignment is to reinforce the idea of an IP address.

1. Use the nslookup command to find the IP address of www.mit.edu.
(You will have to figure out how to open up the command line window if you are not familiar with it).

2. Find the domain name of the host with the IP address 65.55.12.249.

3. Who is responsible for organization technology (OrgTechName) at www.mit.edu?

Turn in answers to these three questions along with a screen shot of the command line window showing the IP address of www.mit.edu.

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IP packets and addresses

This assignment will test your understanding of the way information is transported across the Internet in packets.

Print and turn in your answers to questions 1-3 at the end of this presentation.

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