Software Diagnostic Tools Quiz
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- Troubleshooting Methodology CompTIA's structured seven-step process for identifying, theorizing, testing, resolving, and documenting network problems.
- Ping A tool that sends ICMP echo requests to test reachability and round-trip time to a host.
- Traceroute A tool that maps the hops a packet takes to a destination, exposing where delays or failures occur.
- nslookup / dig Command-line tools that query DNS servers to diagnose name-resolution problems.
- ipconfig / ifconfig Commands that display and manage a host's IP configuration, including address, mask, and gateway.
- netstat A command that displays active connections, listening ports, and network statistics on a host.
- pathping A Windows tool that combines ping and traceroute to measure per-hop latency and packet loss.