Intro to Linux

1. Intro to Networking (See Chapter 20)

a. Electronic information is sent from computer to computer
with these cards through a seven-layer system called ____________. (See Jang, p.610 and
this section of the MCMCSE Network + Study Guide.)

OSI stands for ______________________________. Try this OSI practice test.

b. The TCP/IP model for networking includes ___ layers. (See Jang, p. 613).

Major protocols that work under the TCP/IP model include ____, _____,

_____, _____, _____. (See Jang, p. 614 for a more complete list.)

What are the TCP/IP transport-level protocols? _____ ______

What are the TCP/IP network-level protocols? _____ ______

What are the TCP/IP link-level protocols? _____ ______ ______ ______

(See this link for more information.)

c. Define these TCP/IP network services:

Domain Name System: ____________________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol ________________________________

______________________________________________________________

Address Resolution Protocol _______________________________________

______________________________________________________________

d. Tp set up a computer on a TCP/IP network, you need ___________

(manually assigned by an administrator or automatically assigned by ____,

a ______ address and a ___________. Additionally, to connect to sites on

the Internet, you need ___________.

The current standard in use for IP addressing is called ____. IP addresses can

be expressed in two formats ___________ and __________.

Addresses under this standard are expressed in ___ columns with
numerical values between __ and ____.

e. IP addresses are divided into ___ classes. (See Jang, p. 618.

What class do the addresses on our classroom computers belong to? _____

Do the classroom computers use public or private addresses? _______

How would you write the IP address of your classroom computer in binary notation?

___________________

f. Experiment with PING and IFCONFIG commands. Change your adapter's IP address. Check
the graphic redhat-config-network application and see if the change carries over.

Review network mask settings (see Jang, p. 629).

Review OSI practice test, Home Networking Test  and DSL Test.

2. Mandrake Linux

•    Locate and open the following utilities:
      Mandrake Linux Documentation
      Launch Text editors (KEDIT, GEDIT, VI, EMACS)
      Terminal window (Kconsole, gnome-terminal)
      File manager (access mounted NTFS and FAT partitions,
             create ZIPfile of directory)
      Archiving (Fileroller, Ark)
      PDF Viewer
            Check out Hello Linux, Chapter 12:
                Add and delete users from the command-line (p.16-22)
                 Change passwords (p.25)    
    
      Check out Image Magick graphic editor
      Configure firewall/security settings
      Add a printer  (hint, use KPrinter utility)
      Modify KDE K-Menu to show "Run command"
  
      Unhide the options on the .hidden desktop menu (challenge)
    
     Share your home directory under Samba through GUI interface
           (hint:  try right-click Property options in KDE File Manager)
           (Command-line, see
            http://ranger.dnsalias.com/mandrake/muo/connect/csamba4.html)
          Check Samba configuration settings with Webmin and share another directory.       
  
      Try Virtual Network Connection with Linux and Windows machines
      (Check out Mandrake 9.2 "Windows Terminal" feature and see if works without
       third-party VNC client for Windows)
     
  
•     Set up triple-boot environment with GRUB (Demonstration)
      (RH Linux configuration file = grub.conf; Mandrake file= menu.lst)
  

3.  Backing up with Tar and CPIO (See Jang, Chapter 14, p.392-393) 

Homework: