{"id":410,"date":"2026-10-10T18:41:05","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T18:41:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/nicholasrossler\/?page_id=410"},"modified":"2026-10-10T18:41:05","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T18:41:05","slug":"linux-network-configuration","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/nicholasrossler\/linux-network-configuration\/","title":{"rendered":"Linux Network Configuration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Through this artifact I developed my understanding of how Linux systems are configured to connect to and communicate over a network.  This assignment expanded my Linux skills beyond command-line navigation and scripting by introducing me to network configuration.  These skills developed my understanding on network troubleshooting, identifying configuration issues, and maintaining secure network environments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Task A:<br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 1:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/nicholasrossler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41532\/2026\/10\/image-58.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-417\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 2:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/nicholasrossler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41532\/2026\/10\/image-57.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-416\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 3:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/nicholasrossler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41532\/2026\/10\/image-56.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-415\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 4:<br><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"579\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/2d14ec60-5bf4-4326-b177-46556fd896d6\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 5:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"487\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/nicholasrossler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41532\/2026\/10\/image-53.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-413\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 6 &amp; 7:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"503\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/nicholasrossler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41532\/2026\/10\/image-54.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-412\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 8:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/nicholasrossler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41532\/2026\/10\/image-55.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-414\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Task B:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 1:&nbsp; The main difference seen here between the first step in task A is that the eth0 section is missing.&nbsp; The lo section has the same flags and inet and netmask.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"497\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/nicholasrossler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41532\/2026\/10\/image-62.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-421\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 2: The difference here is that nothing is in the Kernel IP routing table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"500\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/nicholasrossler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41532\/2026\/10\/image-61.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-420\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 3: This step showed no differences, the output was the same.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"656\" height=\"528\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/nicholasrossler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41532\/2026\/10\/image-60.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-419\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 4:&nbsp; Ping wasn\u2019t able to work, it returned that there was a temporary failure in name resolution for this step.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"501\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/nicholasrossler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41532\/2026\/10\/image-63.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-423\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 5: This output was different because it wasn\u2019t said that ww.odu.edu was unreachable.&nbsp; Instead of providing an IP address it was a lot of failed attempts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"494\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/nicholasrossler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41532\/2026\/10\/image-59.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-418\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Step 6 &amp; 7: The hostname changed because of the change in step 8, the hostname is now my midas id, step 7 remained the same in output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"498\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/nicholasrossler\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41532\/2026\/10\/image-64.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-422\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Through this artifact I developed my understanding of how Linux systems are configured to connect to and communicate over a network. 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