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Start menu, Programs, Command Prompt command.
Note: You might find Command Prompt under Accessories group with Calculator and Paint.

From the command prompt, answer the following.

 

1.        What is the IP number for the web server at Iowa State University?  Use the name www.iastate.edu to get there.

 

2.        What is the actual name of the computer that is Iowa State’s web server?

 

3.        How many hops are involved in getting from your computer to the Iowa State web server?

 

 

4.        What is the IP number of the web server at Dartmouth, which is accessed by using www.dartmouth.edu?

 

5.        What is the name of the web server computer at Dartmouth?

 

6.        How many hops are involved in moving data packets from the Dartmouth web server to your computer?

 

7.        Type the following commands to answer the question as to what file or program is associated with what 3 or 4 character extension?

 

·         Assoc .xls

 

·         Assoc .htm

 

·         Assoc .txt

 

·         Assoc .html

 

·         Assoc .zip

 

 

8.        Type the word help followed by the command name assoc to read more about the assoc command.

How would you find out how many file associations there are on your computer? (Show the exact command you used).

Hint: You will need to pipe the output of one command to another command. The pipe symbol is on the same key as the backslash symbol.

 

 

9.        What command would you use to change the association for .html files from what it used to be to a new association, the same association that .txt files have?

Note: This command may not work in WRT 112 lab, as administrator privileges may be required. Just give the syntax of the command that would work on your own PC.