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TCP/IP Explorations

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TCP/IP Explorations

Attendance Gabriel, Roy

Date & Time 11/9/22, 1300-

Spaces Occupied Control room and Dome

Goals

  1. (Gabriel) Get DC to communicate with TCS via TCP/IP

Log

  1. Connected DC to TCS via gray ethernet cable. Saw changes in DC-reported ipconfig  before and after (see below).

  2. We see that the new connections find MAC addresses and IPs, but we don't know where the IPs come from.

  3. We followed this tutorial https://www.maketecheasier.com/connect-two-windows-computer-on-lan/

  4. After the tutorial, T.C.S connects to D.C 0. With TCP/IP connection on, Zenmap detects host up on 192.168.0.2:5003 (IP address : port)

  5. A Wireshark scan confirms connection to T.C.S from D.C. and it also confirms packets are sent (converting hexadecimal output from wireshark to ASCII confirms command was sent)

    1. The first 3 packets are the connection of the TCP/IP client to the TCP server. The rest are commands sent which seem to be successful, but they don't update the values in DFMTCS.

BIG NOTE:

It is very possible that the DFM software is bugging due to some change we made. Connecting to itself from T.C.S no longer works like it did previously. The DFMTCS logs confirm that DFMTCS detects both the connection from the client and the TCP packets/commands.

Connecting the T.C.S to the D.C and sending commands from D.C also doesn't work, however DFMTCS logs on the TCS confirm DFMTCS detects commands and connection again.

DFMTCS presents "Asynchronous socket error 10053." error window. Error also presents itself in DFMTCS log "TCP/IP: Disconnection Error Code: 10053 Addr: 192.168.0.2 Port:5003"

Other Notes

nmap -p 5003 -Pn 192.168.0.2 (With TCP/IP server off)
PORT STATE SERVICE 5003/tcp filtered filemaker MAC Address: 00:18:7D:12:A1:D0 (Armorlink .Ltd) Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.35 seconds



nmap -p 5003 -Pn 192.168.0.2 (with TCP/IP server ON)
PORT STATE SERVICE 5003/tcp open filemaker MAC Address: 00:18:7D:12:A1:D0 (Armorlink .Ltd) Nmap done: 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 0.12 seconds





Changes in ipconfig 



Before Connection
PS C:\Users\Director> ipconfig Windows IP Configuration Ethernet adapter Ethernet 2: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Ethernet adapter Ethernet 3: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Ethernet adapter Ethernet: Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : umbc.edu Link-local IPv6 Address . . . . . : fe80::ebf9:7f4d:cc98:6e41%11 IPv4 Address. . . . . . . . . . . : 130.85.72.207 Subnet Mask . . . . . . . . . . . : 255.255.255.128 Default Gateway . . . . . . . . . : 130.85.72.129 Wireless LAN adapter Wi-Fi: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : umbc.edu Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 1: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : Wireless LAN adapter Local Area Connection* 10: Media State . . . . . . . . . . . : Media disconnected Connection-specific DNS Suffix . : PS C:\Users\Director>



After Connection

You can see Ethernet2 is disconnected, then changes to have some config.

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Direct Questions/Concerns to Roy Prouty (roy.prouty@umbc.edu)