Question

While troubleshooting an Internet connection problem for your network, you restarted the modem and then the router. The router is now communicating with the Internet, which you can confirm by observing the blinking light on the router's WAN indicator. However, now your laptop is not communicating with the router. Order the commands below to fix the problem and confirm connectivity.

a. ping
b. ipconfig /renew
c. nslookup microsoft.com
d. ipconfig /release

Answer 1

d. ipconfig /release

b. ipconfig /renew

a. ping

c. nslookup microsoft.com

Step-by-step explanation:

A router can be defined as a network device that is designed typically for forwarding data packets between two or more networks based on a well-defined routing protocol.

Basically, it is an electrical device or node that is designed to connect two (2) different networks (in different locations) together and allows them to communicate.

Generally, routers are configured using a standard routing protocol with an IP address as the default gateway.

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (DHCP) is a standard protocol that assigns IP address to users automatically from the DHCP server.

Basically, a DHCP server is designed to automatically assign internet protocol (IP) address to network devices connected to its network using a preconfigured DHCP pool and port number 67.

On a related note, when a computer that is configured with DHCP cannot communicate or obtain an IP address from the DHCP server, the Windows operating system (OS) of the computer automatically assigns an IP address of 169.254.33.16, which typically limits the computer to only communicate within its network.

I. ipconfig /release

II.. ipconfig /renew

III. ping

IV. nslookup microsoft.com