{"id":479,"date":"2025-11-30T11:35:00","date_gmt":"2025-11-30T11:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/zsumu001\/?p=479"},"modified":"2025-11-30T12:14:44","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T12:14:44","slug":"assignment-11-basic-network-configuration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/zsumu001\/2025\/11\/30\/assignment-11-basic-network-configuration\/","title":{"rendered":"Assignment 11 &#8211; Basic Network Configuration"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Task A \u2013 Explore Network Configurations (8 * 5 = 40 Points)<br>{{{{{{{{{Connect your VM in the NAT mode}}}}}}}}<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol>\n<li>Use the correct ifconfig command to display the current network configuration. Highlight your IP<br>address, MAC address, and the network mask.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the correct route command to display the current routing table.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the netstat command to list current TCP connections.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the ping command to determine if the ubuntu.com system is accessible via the network.<br>(Use the correct option to send 10 ping requests only.)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the host command to perform a DNS query on www.odu.edu<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the cat command to display the contents of the file that contains the system\u2019s hostname.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use the cat command to display the contents of the file that contains the DNS servers for this<br>system.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Edit the same file you display in the previous step, set the system\u2019s hostname to your MIDAS ID<br>permanently. Reboot system and repeat step 6.<br>Task B \u2013 A Different Network Setting (3 * 20 = 60 Points)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Change the VM network connection from NAT to the bridge mode (you will lose your Internet<br>connection if you are connected to the ODU campus Wi-Fi network, but it is okay).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reboot your system, then repeat Steps 1 \u2013 7 in Task A.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Highlight the differences at the end of each step and discuss what do you find.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<div data-wp-interactive=\"\" class=\"wp-block-file\"><object data-wp-bind--hidden=\"!selectors.core.file.hasPdfPreview\" hidden class=\"wp-block-file__embed\" data=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/zsumu001\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31974\/2025\/11\/ASSIGNMENT-11-CYSE-270.pdf\" type=\"application\/pdf\" style=\"width:100%;height:600px\" aria-label=\"Embed of ASSIGNMENT-11-CYSE-270.\"><\/object><a id=\"wp-block-file--media-594ec960-e7e3-4cb7-a865-84ba27882a09\" href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/zsumu001\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31974\/2025\/11\/ASSIGNMENT-11-CYSE-270.pdf\">ASSIGNMENT-11-CYSE-270<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/zsumu001\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31974\/2025\/11\/ASSIGNMENT-11-CYSE-270.pdf\" class=\"wp-block-file__button wp-element-button\" download aria-describedby=\"wp-block-file--media-594ec960-e7e3-4cb7-a865-84ba27882a09\">Download<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Task A \u2013 Explore Network Configurations (8 * 5 = 40 Points){{{{{{{{{Connect your VM in the NAT mode}}}}}}}}<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":25872,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","wds_primary_category":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/zsumu001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/zsumu001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/zsumu001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/zsumu001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/25872"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/zsumu001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=479"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/zsumu001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":516,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/zsumu001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/479\/revisions\/516"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/zsumu001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=479"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/zsumu001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=479"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wp.odu.edu\/zsumu001\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=479"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}