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== Objectives ==
 
== Objectives ==
 
* Use the Fedora GUI program to configure network interfaces with static IP configuration and host name resolution
 
* Use the Fedora GUI program to configure network interfaces with static IP configuration and host name resolution
* Use the find command to locate the configuration files modified by the GUI  network configuration program  
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* Use the <code>find</code> command to locate the configuration files modified by the GUI  network configuration program  
* To examine some of the Linux's TCP/IP configuration files in the /etc/ directory
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* To examine some of the Linux's TCP/IP configuration files in the <code>/etc/</code> directory
 
* To configure a Fedora host with static network configuration without a GUI tool
 
* To configure a Fedora host with static network configuration without a GUI tool
* To use and interpret the <code>netstat</code command  
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* To use and interpret the <code>netstat</code> command to troubleshoot and monitor network services
 
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* To configure the linux firewall <code>iptables</code> to allow/disallow/forward different types of network traffic using simple rules
* Format, mount, use, and unmount ext3, ext4, and vfat filesystems on USB flash drives.
 
* Create filesystems on various storage devices
 
* Create hard disk partitions
 
* Backup filesystems and images
 
* Mount a filesystem stored within a a regular file
 
  
 
== Reference ==
 
== Reference ==
* [http://linuxmanpages.com/ man pages] for cp, mount, umount, fdisk, mkdir, file, mkfs, dumpe2fs, grep, dd
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* [http://linuxmanpages.com/ man pages] for find, ifconfig, ping, netstat, NetworkManager, nslookup, iptables, arp
* Online reading material for weeks 1 and 2.
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* Online reading material for week 8.
  
 
== Required materials ==
 
== Required materials ==
* [http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora Fedora 12] Live CD
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* [http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora Fedora 12] Live CD or a classmate on the same pod
 
* USB flash drive, 64 MB or more in size (Warning: the contents of this drive will be erased)
 
* USB flash drive, 64 MB or more in size (Warning: the contents of this drive will be erased)
* One SATA hard disk in a removable drive tray (minimum 80GB)
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* One SATA hard disk in a removable drive tray with Fedora host and 3 Fedora Virtual Machines

Revision as of 10:39, 2 March 2010

Configuring a Network Using Virtual Machines

Objectives

  • Use the Fedora GUI program to configure network interfaces with static IP configuration and host name resolution
  • Use the find command to locate the configuration files modified by the GUI network configuration program
  • To examine some of the Linux's TCP/IP configuration files in the /etc/ directory
  • To configure a Fedora host with static network configuration without a GUI tool
  • To use and interpret the netstat command to troubleshoot and monitor network services
  • To configure the linux firewall iptables to allow/disallow/forward different types of network traffic using simple rules

Reference

  • man pages for find, ifconfig, ping, netstat, NetworkManager, nslookup, iptables, arp
  • Online reading material for week 8.

Required materials

  • Fedora 12 Live CD or a classmate on the same pod
  • USB flash drive, 64 MB or more in size (Warning: the contents of this drive will be erased)
  • One SATA hard disk in a removable drive tray with Fedora host and 3 Fedora Virtual Machines