DKT 224/3 DATA COMMUNICATIONS AND NETWORKS

DKT224 DATA COMMUNICATION & NETWORK

LAB 1

AN INTRODUCTION TO NETWORKING

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LAB 1: AN INTRODUCTION TO NETWORKING

NOTE : PRINT SCREEN ALL YOUR FINDING and attach them in the
report except for activity 1-1 & 1-5.

Activity 1-1 : Learning about the Need for Standards

Time required : 15 minutes
Objective : Understand why network standards are important.

Description : Standards , such as the OSI model, make universal network

communications possible. In this activity, you learn more about the ISO’s philosophy
concerning why standards are important. You need access to the Internet and to an
Internet browser for the activity.

1. Open the internet browser using firefox/Mozilla to access the internet.

2. Visit the ISO’s home page located at www.iso.org.
3. Click the Introduction link in the About ISO section of the page.
4. Click the ISOinbrief link.
5. What are the benefits of standardization, as described by ISO?
6. Write down in your report.

Activity 1-2 : Viewing a NIC’s Physical Address and IP address informations

Time required : 15 minutes
Objective : Determine the physical address of the NIC in a computer and learn
where to view IP configuration information.

Description : This activity provides an opportunity to determine the physical

address of a network interface card (NIC) in a computer. You need access to a computer
that is connected to a network and that runs Window XP, Fedora, Red Hat (LINUX) and
others.
To view the network interface’s physical address in LINUX

1. log in using root account.

2. Access a command line window. Point to system tools, and Click terminal.
3. Type ifconfig <name of the device>, as in ifconfig eth0 ( for an Ethernet network
interface card), and press enter
4. What physical address is displayed in the HWaddr field?
5. Next, type ifconfig and press enter.
6. In the information for eth0, notice the inet addr value, which is the IP address.
Write down the address.
7. Next, observe the mask value, which is the subnet mask.
8. type exit and press enter to close the window.

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Activity 1-3 : Viewing SSL Setup in LINUX

Time required : 10 minutes
Objective : Determine the Secure Socket Layer (SSL) configuration in the
firefox or Mozilla within LINUX .

Description : For this activity, you view the SSL setup in the firefox Web
browser or Mozilla Web browser.
1. Click Applications or main menu, point to Internet, and click firefox Web browser
or Mozilla Web browser.
2. Click the Edit menu and then click Preferences
3. In Firefox, click advanced in the left pane and expand security ( click the plus
sign) if necessary to view the items under it. Click SSL.
4. Notice the SSL protocol versions in the right pane,
5. Close the preference window.

Activity 1-4 : Using the ping in LINUX

Time required : 5 minutes
Objective : Use the Application layer via the ping utility in LINUX .

Description : Many unix/Linux system automatically configure a “loopback”

connection for testing network applications and connections. When you used this
connection, you can communicate from your computer over the network and back to your
computer. This is another example of using the capabilities of the OSI Application layer.
In this activity, you use Fedora or Redhat Enterprise Linux from your own account. You
use the ping utility to verify your own network connection.

1. Click Applications or main menu, point to system tools, and click terminal.
2. Type ping –c 5 localhost ( or type ping –c 5 127.0.0.1, which is the address used
for a loopback connection).
3. Notice that you see five transmissions from your computer over its loopback
connection
4. type exit and press enter or simply close the terminal window.

Activity 1-5 : Protocol and Application of the TCP/IP

Time required : 20 minutes
Objective : acquire knowledge on each type of protocol and application in the
TCP/IP.
Description : TCP/IP is associated with a suite of protocols and applications
that support a vast of communications capabilities. Fill up in the table 1 below for full
name, description and OSI layer for each acronym. (get the answers from internet).

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Table 1 : Protocols and applications in the TCP/IP suite

Acronym Full Name Description OSI layer

Example Adrress Resolution Enables resolution of IP Data Link layer and
ARP Protocol addresses to MAC Network
addresses
DNS

FTP

HTTP

ICMP

IP

NFS

PPP

RIP

RPC
SLIP

SMTP

SNMP

TCP

Telnet

UDP

Submit your complete report by 14th January, 2010. Please keep a copy for your future
reference (test or exam).

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