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== Objectives ==
* Use the Fedora GUI program to configure network interfaces with static IP configuration and host name resolution
* Use the <code>find </code> command to locate the configuration files modified by the GUI network configuration program * To examine some of the Linux's TCP/IP configuration files in the <code>/etc/ </code> directory
* To configure a Fedora host with static network configuration without a GUI tool
* To use and interpret the <code>netstat</code > command * Format, mount, use, and unmount ext3, ext4, and vfat filesystems on USB flash drives.* Create filesystems on various storage devices* Create hard disk partitions* Backup filesystems to troubleshoot and imagesmonitor network services * Mount a filesystem stored within a a regular fileTo configure the linux firewall <code>iptables</code> to allow/disallow/forward different types of network traffic using simple rules
== Reference ==
* [http://linuxmanpages.com/ man pages] for cpfind, mountifconfig, umountping, fdisknetstat, mkdirNetworkManager, filenslookup, mkfsiptables, dumpe2fs, grep, ddarp* Online reading material for weeks 1 and 2week 8.
== Required materials ==
* [http://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora Fedora 12] Live CDor a classmate on the same pod
* USB flash drive, 64 MB or more in size (Warning: the contents of this drive will be erased)
* One SATA hard disk in a removable drive tray (minimum 80GB)with Fedora host and 3 Fedora Virtual Machines
