Linux Workshop

Lab 4 Troubleshoot the network

Requirements Quick Reference Objectives to learn
➢ Running Linux connected to a network. Troubleshoot network environment
➢ nmap and mtr package installed. ping host #Check using ICMP. Stop with <ctrl-c>
➢ Network configuration file without MAC address ifconfig #or /sbin/ifconfig

or with a correct MAC address (HWADDR): cat /etc/resolv.conf #Show DNS server in use

/etc/sysconfig/network/ifcfg-eth0 route #Show routes & default gateway

/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 netstat -r #Show routes & default gateway
➢ Classroom or Internet NTP server. netstat -antp #Show listening tcp ports
netstat -anup #Show listening udp ports
nmap host #Show exposed ports on host
host ns.nl #Check name resol. via DNS-srv in use
host -a ns.nl #Check all
dig nu.nl #Check name resol. via DNS-srv in use
To Do
dig @4.2.2.1 nu.nl #Check name resol. via other (@)DNS-srv
1. Which information is not displayed by the ifconfig mtr www.whitehouse.com #Show continuous traceroute
command? traceroute www.whitehouse.com #Check route using ICMP
IP address ntptrace #Check timesync (Wait 5 minutes aft sync)

subnet mask ntpdate ntp.xs4all.nl #Sync time once. First stop ntp daemon:

MAC address /etc/init.d/xntpd stop or /etc/init.d/ntpd stop

default gateway
name server
2. The classroom may not have a gateway and
name server. Some of the commands will not
show spectacular results, but they are the basic
network troubleshooting commands.
Try the Quick Reference commands from ping to
traceroute.
3. Synchronize the time with the classroom or
Internet NTP server and check the
synchronization status.

Theory Modules
LPIC 1 Certification Bible, isbn 0-7645-4772-0
➢ p. 561 Ch. 15 Networking Fundamentals

Extra References
➢ www.tldp.org
➢ www.snort.org
➢ http://netsaint.sourceforge.net/download/

© October 2, 2005, wiki.novell.com/index.php/Roberts_Quick_References, author of Foundations of Linux networking