The masked subnet



Which of these utilities would be the easiest way to view a summary of the IP address, subnet mask, and default gateway of a Windows workstation?

A) dhcp

B) regedit

C) nslookup

D) ipconfig

E) Is there such a thing as a subnet cape?


The answer: D) ipconfig

The ipconfig command can provide a summary of network configuration, including ip address, subnet mask, and default gateway for both IPv4 and IPv6.

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