NAD710 Lab 1

NAD710 - Introduction to Networks - Using Linux

Objective

Using the following commands to collect host information and network settings on a Linux Machine:

• hostname
• uname
• /sbin/ifconfig
• /sbin/route
• /sbin/lspci
• /sbin/lsmod
• /sbin/modinfo

Background Information

In order for a computer to communicate with other computers on a local area network, a few network settings must be assigned to the computer. A few more are needed if those computers are on the Internet or other LANs. Follow the steps below to collect the network settings and some useful information of a host in the Matrix Cluster:

• MAC Address
• IP address
• Network Mask
• Broadcast address
• Network address
• IP address(es) of the gateway(s)
• hostname
• list of PCI device
• Network device driver
• Linux Kernel information

You can use the same steps to collect the same information on your own Fedora Core machine.