The following laboratory assignments should be be viewed as works in progress. Instructors are given permission to freely use these in their classes adapting them as needed for instructional purposes. However, instructors may not further distribute them beyond their personal immediate instructional needs. All other rights are retained.
(Clarification on two points: Reposting these materials on a web server that does not limit access to the students falling within an instructor's immediate instructional needs (students formally enrolled in a class the instructor is teaching) is considered republication and is not permitted under this agreement. Any redistribution should cite the source of the original materials.)
These labs are designed to use a very simple network described here (link coming soon). However, you may find it necessary to adapt them to the equipment you have available. Consequently, these documents are supplied in Microsoft Word format.
While each laboratory begins with a brief review of material, it is assumed that students are already familiar with the concepts presented.
Lab 1: Connecting to the Networking LaboratoryThis lab deals with remote connectivity and includes connecting to the remote server using TELNET, SSH, and VNC. The use of SSH and VNC is basic to all subsequent laboratories.
Lab 2: IP AddressesThis lab is a review of basic configuration parameters related to IP addresses. The lab centers on interpreting IP address information.
Lab 3: tcpdumpThis lab introduces the use of tcpdump, capture filters, and decoding packet capture information.
Lab 4: EtherealThis lab is largely a repeat of Lab 3 using Ethereal, a GUI-based capture tool that will fully decode most packets. Use of Ethereal is basic to subsequent laboratories.
Lab 5: pingThis lab introduces the ping utility. In addition to using ping to investigate connectivity, it is used to estimate the bandwidth of a channel. The utility pchar is also introduced.
Lab 6: tracerouteThis lab deals with the use of the traceroute utility to create maps of paths through networks.
Lab 7: ARPThis lab investigates the operation of the Address Resolution Protocol.
Lab 8: Name ResolutionThis lab investigates host tables, the Domain Name Services Protocol, and the nslookup utility.
Lab 9: PortsThis lab investigates port numbers, socket pairs, and port scanning. The netstat utility is introduced.
Lab 10: Email ProtocolsThis lab introduces email protocols using SMTP and POP3. It tries to draw a distinction between the application level in the OSI model and applications that use the application level.
Lab 11: FTPThis lab examines the File Transfer Protocol.
Lab 12: RoutingThis lab investigates routing tables and how additions are made to routing tables.
NotesNotes for instructors using these labs.
Comments are encouraged.
Please email: sloanjd@wofford.edu
Last updated:
Monday, October 16, 2006
Copyright © 2002, Dr. Joseph D. Sloan