# '''Can you resolve google.ca?''' Run '''host google.ca'''. If the output doesn't provide an IP address, check that your DNS server is configured correctly and that you can ping that address.<br><br>There are a number of other problems that could prevent your network connection from functioning but the above are the most common problems.

<ol><li value="7">== Break my network script ===Move to your '''vm1''' machine in order to perform the following trouble-shooting task:<ol type="a"><li>Use the '''wget''' command to download and run the following shell script:<br>[ link shell script here ]<br><br></li><li>after you have run that shell script, restart your vm1 machine.</li><li>Use the commands taught in this lab to confirm if your network connection is broken.</li><li>Carefully check your configuration to see if there is a change to your settings</li><li>Try to temporarily connect to the Internet</li><li>Edit your network settings file to make the changes permanent</li><li>Test your connectivity (including after a reboot of your vm1.<br><br></li></ol></li></ol><ol><li value="8">'''Note:''' You should be able to go through that troubleshooting process pretty quickly. Setting up the network in this course is never a primary task, but it's almost always a prerequisite for anything else we're going to do. You can't have a working web server (or any other kind of server) if you don't have a working network connection.</li></ol>