This course provides students with the training they need to use TCP/IP commands and tools to install and manage Linux network configurations.

Who Should Attend?

This course is designed for students who will be managing a Linux/UNIX network, who want to increase their knowledge of Linux networking to include configuration, installation, and management of TCP/IP networking, including NFS, NIS, BIND, BootP, DHCP, dataless configurations, SNMP, and PPP. The course demonstrates how to set up and manage Linux networks using KDE and command line tools.

Prerequisites

Students should be able to:

• Use An Editor On The System
• Manage Files And Directories
• Write And Debug Simple Shell Programs
• Describe The Purpose And Format Of System Files And Directories
• Interpret Error Log Files To Assist In Identifying Possible Problems
• In Addition, As Superuser:
  • Install the Linux Operating System
  • Add And Remove Users From The System
  • Start Up And Shut Down The Operating System In Both Single And Multiuser Mode
  • Create, Mount, And Back Up File Systems

What Will You Learn?

Upon Completion of this course, students will be able to:

• Describe How a Computer System Can Participate in a TCP/IP Network
• Set Up and Manage a TCP/IP Network
• Set Up and ManageBIND Service
• Set Up and Manage Network Information Service (NIS)
• Configure a Mail Server or Client
• Describe the Use of the BootP and DHCP Protocols
• Set Up and Manage Dataless Management Services (DMS) Server and Clients
• Set Up PPP Network Connections
• Manage the NTP Service
• Describe How the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) is Used to Manage TCP/IP Networks

Course Outline

Networking Overview

• Networking Introduction
• Internet protocols
• Internet Addresses
• TCP/IP Network Communication
• TCP/IP Routing
• Internet Files
• Network Management with KDE

Setting Up the TCP/IP Network

• Preparing to Configure the TCP/IP Network
• Creating a Simple Network Connection with Quick Setup

Using TCP/IP Network Commands

• rlogin Command
• rcp Command
• rsh Command
• telnet Command
• ftp Command
• tftp Command

Managing a TCP/IP Network

• The ping Command
• The arp Command
• The ifconfig Command
• The netstat Command
• The rcmgr Command
• The traceroute Command

Managing NFS

• Introduction to Network File System
• How NFS Works
• Setting Up NFS Using the SysMan Tool Suite
• Configuring a NFS Server Manually
• Configuring a NFS Client Manually
• NFS Locking Service
• Mounting and Unmounting File Systems
• Automounter
• Supporting Files
• System Security with NFS
• Troubleshooting NFS Problems

Configuring the BIND Service

• Introduction to BIND
• How BIND Works
• BIND Configuration Manager
• BIND Configuration Files
• Using the BIND nslookup Command
• Additional BIND Set Up Considerations

Configuring the Network Information Service

• Introduction to NIS
• How NIS Works
• Configuring NIS
• Post-Configuration Tasks
• Altering the NIS Client Files
• NIS Maps
• Using NIS

Using Bootstrap Protocols

• System Bootstrapping
• MOP Protocol
• BootP Protocol
• Setting Up and Managing DHCP Protocol

Using Dataless Management Services

• Dataless Management Services
• Setting up a DMS Server
• Managing DMS Clients
• Booting a DMS Client

Setting Up the PPP Protocol

• Introducing PPP
• Setting Up and Managing PPP with the SysMan Menu

Managing the NTP Service

• Introducing the NTP Service
• NTP Files and daemons
• Setting Up and Managing NTP with the SysMan Menu

Configuring SNMP

• Introducing SNMP
• Components of the SNMP Management System
• SNMP Daemon

Configuring Network Printing

• Traditional UNIX printing
• Configuring Printers Using the SysMan Menu
• Advanced Printing Software
• TCP/IP Printing