# What is Networking?

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| Room Attributes       | Value                                                                  |
| --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Subscription Required | <mark style="color:green;background-color:green;">False</mark> \[Free] |
| Type                  | Walkthrough                                                            |
| Difficulty            | <mark style="color:blue;background-color:blue;">Info</mark>            |
| Tags                  | Networking, Networking Fundamentals, Networking Labs, Beginner         |

## Video Walkthrough

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What is Networking?
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## Task 1 - What is Networking?

### What is the key term for devices that are connected together?

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<summary>Reveal Flag <span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f6a9">🚩</span></summary>

:triangular\_flag\_on\_post:`Network`

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## Task 2 What is the Internet?

### Who invented the World Wide Web?

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**HINT:** It was created in the Year 1989
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<summary>Reveal Flag <span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f6a9">🚩</span></summary>

:triangular\_flag\_on\_post:`Tim Berners-Lee`

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## Task 3 Identifying Devices on a Network

### What does the term "IP" stand for?

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:triangular\_flag\_on\_post:`Internet Protocol`

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### What is each section of an IP address called?

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:triangular\_flag\_on\_post:`Octet`

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### How many sections (in digits) does an IP address have?&#x20;

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**HINT:** This section is also known as an octet.
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<summary>Reveal Flag <span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f6a9">🚩</span></summary>

:triangular\_flag\_on\_post:`4`

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### What does the term "MAC" stand for?

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:triangular\_flag\_on\_post:`Media Access Control`

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### Deploy the interactive lab using the "View Site" button and spoof your MAC address to access the site.  What is the flag?

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:triangular\_flag\_on\_post:`THM{YOU_GOT_ON_TRYHACKME}`

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## Task 4 Ping (ICMP)

What protocol does ping use?

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:triangular\_flag\_on\_post:`ICMP`

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What is the syntax to ping 10.10.10.10?

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<summary>Reveal Flag <span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f6a9">🚩</span></summary>

:triangular\_flag\_on\_post:`ping 10.10.10.10`

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What flag do you get when you ping 8.8.8.8?

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<summary>Reveal Flag <span data-gb-custom-inline data-tag="emoji" data-code="1f6a9">🚩</span></summary>

:triangular\_flag\_on\_post:`THM{I_PINGED_THE_SERVER}`

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## Task 5 Continue Your Learning: Intro to LAN

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### Join the "[Intro to LAN](/thm-walkthroughs/difficulty-info/intro-to-lan.md)" room.

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No answer needed
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