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====== Network Configuration: Results ======

^EG-253^Practical Internet Technology II ^
|**Name** |YU-TING LU & Christopher Hancock | 
|**Student Number** |461467 & 486274|
|**Date of Submission** |29th January 2009 |   

===== Instructions =====

This wiki page allows you to record the results of your network configuration exercise. You may need to refer to the configuration handout to complete this document. 

**Answer** all questions based on the host that you are configuring in the lab. Edit this wiki page directly to insert your answers. You will probably find this most convenient to do at the same time as you perform the configuration. Where requested, please include listings of the actual configuration files and command outputs directly in the document. Placeholders have been provided for this purpose. Please follow the formatting hints given in the text.

When the exercise is complete you should [[#signature|sign]] and submit it in for marking. Deadline for completion is the start of the lab on the last week of this term. 

This exercise is worth 20% of the module marks. 

===== Host Configuration =====


==== Question 1 ====
 

Which Linux command gives you information about your computer's name on the network?

**Answer** (//delete as appropriate//):

  hostname



==== Question 2 ====

Use the command selected in [[#question_1|Question 1]] to determine your host computer's name? What is the name?

**Answer**: 




==== Question 3 ====

Which configuration file would you need to edit to change your computer's name on the network?

Your answer (//one of//):

  /etc/host 
  /etc/hosts 
  /etc/hostname 
  /etc/networks 



==== Question 4 ====

Which linux command gives you information on your host's network settings?

**Answer** //one of//:

  ipconfig 
  ifconfig 
  iface 
  hostname 





==== Question 5 ====

Use the command selected in [[#question_4|Question 4]] to complete the following table:
^ Feature ^ Value ^
| My host's IP address | Answer |
| My network's IP address | Answer |
| The address used by my host to send an IP packet to all hosts on my network | Answer |
| The netmask of my host | Answer |
| The hardware address (MAC Address) of my LAN-facing network interface connection (NIC)((If your host has two or more network cards, the LAN-facing card will be the NIC assigned to your host's static IP address.)) | Answer | 
| The frame-level (layer 1) protocol is used to send network messages to the network from my host? | Answer |  




==== Question 6 ====

How many hosts can the sub-net defined by your host's netmask support?

**Answer** //one of//:

  254 
  256 
  65534 
  65536 





==== Question 7 ====

What class of network is the //sub-net// to which your host has been assigned?

**Answer** //one of//:

  Class A 
  Class B 
  Class C 
  Class D 




===== Network Configuration =====

**Answer** the following questions about your network configuration. Please copy and paste the contents of the files identified in [[#question_8|Questions 8]] and [[#question_11|11]] to your submission.





==== Question 8 ====
 

In which file is the configuration of your Network Interface Controller (NIC) configured?

**Answer** //one of//:

  /etc/hosts 
  /etc/hostname 
  /etc/networks/interfaces 
  /etc/networks/options 

Please include a listing of the file chosen in answer to [[#question_8|Question 8]]:

  Copy contents of file and paste it as a listing here. 
  Include a minumum indent of two spaces per line.
  Like this. 


==== Question 9 ====

What is the IP address of the host which serves as the default gateway for your network?

**Answer**: 


==== Question 10 ====

What is the hostname of the gateway interface?

**Answer**:


==== Question 11 ====

In which file is the symbolic names of the networks, hosts and interfaces available on the network defined?

**Answer** //one of//:

  /etc/hosts 
  /etc/hostname 
  /etc/networks/interfaces 
  /etc/networks/options 



Please include a listing of the file chosen in answer to [[#question_11|Question 11]]:

  Copy contents of file and paste it as a listing here. 
  Include a minumum indent of two spaces per line.
  Like this. 

==== Question 12 ====

What is the symbolic name of your network's gateway interface?

**Answer**: 



==== Question 13 ====

What is the purpose of the Gateway interface?

**Answer**:





==== Question 14 ====

Which linux command shows the routing table for your host?

**Answer**: 


Run the command identified in [[#question_14|Question 14]] and reproduce its output here.

**Answer**

<cli prompt="$" comment="#">
user@host:~$ command # Copy command and its output and paste it here.
</cli>

==== Question 15 ====

How many interfaces (NICs) must a router have?

**Answer** //one of//:

  1 
  1 or 2 
  2 
  3 
  3 or more 

==== Question 16 ====

Which system feature must be turned on if you want a Linux host to act as a router?

**Answer**: 

==== Question 17 ====

Which run-time command can be used to make a Ubuntu Linux host act as a router?

**Answer**: 

==== Question 18 ====

In which file is the setting defined in [[#question17|Question 17]] set if you want a Ubuntu host to be configured as a router at boot-time?

**Answer**: 


Reproduce the contents of the file defined in [[#question_17|Question 17]] to make a Ubuntu host into a router?

**Answer**

  Copy contents of file and paste it as a listing here. 
  Include a minumum indent of two spaces per line.
  Like this. 
  

==== Question 19 ====

What setting has been added to the network configuration file to define a route to ''icct-net'' from your sub-network's cluster-server?

**Answer**: 

  Copy contents of file and paste it as a listing here. 
  Include a minumum indent of two spaces per line.
  Like this. 


===== Checking Your Network =====

The Linux command ''netstat'' gives a lot of useful information on your network. In the following 3 questions, reproduce the output of various usages of netstat. You should annotate your results with a brief explanation of what they mean. You may need to print the output and attach to the submission.

==== Question 20 ====

Give and explain the output of the command ''netstat -r''. 

**Answer**
<cli prompt="$" comment="#">
user@host:~$ netstat -r
# Paste result here....
</cli>

Add your explanation here.


==== Question 21 ====

Give and explain the output of the command ''netstat -i''. 


**Answer**
<cli prompt="$" comment="#">
user@host:~$ netstat -r
# Paste result here....
</cli>

Add your explanation here.


==== Question 22 ====

Give and explain the output of the command ''netstat -ta''. 

**Answer**
<cli prompt="$" comment="#">
user@host:~$ netstat -r
# Paste result here....
</cli>

Add your explanation here.

===== Testing the Connectivity of your network =====

Install, if necessary, the //traceroute// command then answer the following two questions.

==== Question 23 ====

Give the output of traceroute from your host to any host on one of the other ICCT networks.

**Answer**
<cli prompt="$" comment="#">
user@host:~$ command
# paste output here
</cli>  




==== Question 24 ====

Give the output of ''traceroute'' from your host to ''www.swan.ac.uk''

**Answer**
<cli prompt="$" comment="#">
user@host:~$ command
# paste output here
</cli>  

Explain the result.

===== Extension Questions =====


==== Question 25 ====

A new sub-network engineering-net (''192.168.10.0/24'') is to be added to the ICCT network. Host engineering (''192.168.10.1/32'') is a cluster server for this new network. Give the settings needed to set up this host as a router to ''icct-net'', ''jupiter-net'', and ''saturn-net'' and a gateway for ''engineering-net''.

**Answer**

==== Question 26 ====

Which other files would you need to modify to correctly set up this new router?

**Answer** 


==== Question 27 ====

Summarize the changes that you would you need to make to your host's network configuration to have the new //engineering// sub-network recognized?

**Answer** 


==== Question 27 ====

Which other files would you need to modify to fully configure your host to recognizes the new engineering sub-network?

**Answer**


===== Signature =====


I hereby submit this work for marking.

Your signature here: