System Management Assignment: Linux/Windows OS Commands Analysis

This assignment explores essential system management concepts, focusing on Linux and Windows operating system commands. It delves into specific commands such as 'ifconfig,' 'ping,' 'ipconfig,' 'nslookup,' 'arp,' and 'nbtstat,' providing their purpose, usage, and examples. The assignment aims to illustrate how these commands function within both Linux and Windows environments. The provided commands are instrumental in network configuration, troubleshooting, and system administration tasks. The document includes a bibliography with relevant sources. The assignment aims to provide a practical understanding of these commands and their practical applications in managing and troubleshooting network-related issues in a system management context. This assignment provides a clear understanding of the functionality and application of each command, demonstrating their significance in practical scenarios and their importance in system administration.

Running Head: SYSTEM MANAGEMENT
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System Management
Assignment 1
[Name of the Student]
[Name of the University]

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Table of Contents
Part A: Linux and Windows OS commands 2
Linux utilities 2
Windows utilities 3
Bibliography 10

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Part A: Linux and Windows OS commands
Linux utilities
Ifconfig
Command’s name: “ifconfig”
Purpose: it is used to display current network configuration information such as host IP address,
Ethernet hardware address, Subnet-Mask, Broadcast address, collisions etc.
Usage: “ifconfig –a”
Example of the command:
Ping
Command’s name: “ping [host address]”
Purpose: it helps the IP-Level connectivity, whenever troubleshooting source to destination
connectivity.
Usage: “ping 192.168.1.45”

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Example of the command:
Windows utilities
Ipconfig
Command’s name: “ipconfig”
Purpose: The ipconfig command is use to find the network configuration of a particular host,
where host IP address, broadcast address, subnet mask, default gateway and link-local IPv6
address etc. can be found.
Usage: “ipconfig /all”
Example of the command:
Ipconfig

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Ipconfig /all

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Nslookup
Command’s name: “Nslookup”
Purpose: this command is used to display the domain naming system infrastructure.
Usage: “nslookup”
Example of the command:

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Arp
Command’s name: “ARP”
Purpose: ARP stands for address resolution protocol cache is a crucial part of IP networking on
any operating system.
Usage: “arp -a”
Example of the command:
Nbtstat
Command’s name: “nbtstat - a < name >”/ “nbtstat - c”/ nbtstat -n

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Purpose: The nbtstat command removes and corrects preloaded entries using a number of case-
sensitive switches.
Usage: “nbtstat - a < name >”/ “nbtstat - c”/ nbtstat -n
Example of the command:

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Bibliography
Goralski, Walter. The Illustrated network: How TCP/IP works in a modern network. Morgan
Kaufmann, 2017.
Kulkarni, Santosh, and Prathima Agrawal. "Introduction." In Analysis of TCP Performance in
Data Center Networks, pp. 1-15. Springer New York, 2014.
Tiwari, Aruna, Manglesh Jaiswal, Nutan Varma, and B. L. Joshi. "TCP/IP Protocol Suite,
Attacks, and Security Tools." URl= https://www. academia.
edu/7134687/TCP_IP_Protocol_Suite_Attacks_and_Security_Tools (2014).