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Linux+ System Management: Manage Network Configuration

In this lab, you'll practise configuring basic network settings on RHEL and Ubuntu, as well as basic network troubleshooting. When you're finished, you'll have two Linux systems configured with basic network settings allowing them to communicate.

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Beginner
Last updated
Aug 05, 2025
Duration
1h 0m

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Table of Contents
  1. Challenge

    Get Started in the Lab Environment

    Here are the initial instructions and explanation of the lab environment. Read this while your environment is busy creating itself from nothing. Yes, this violates physics; we know. How fun!

  2. Challenge

    Configure Basic Networking on Ubuntu

    To start things off, you will learn how to configure an Ubuntu server to be equipped with its required network configuration settings, such as IP addressing and a default gateway, which are vital for network communications.

  3. Challenge

    Configure Basic Networking on RHEL

    Much like the previous challenge, you will learn how to configure the required networking settings, but this time you’ll be doing it on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL).

  4. Challenge

    Basic Network Troubleshooting

    To finish this lab, you will learn how to perform basic troubleshooting techniques within both Linux variants to help you find and diagnose problems.

About the author

Stephen Wenn: Accomplished IT consultant with expertise in network, security, cloud, and server infrastructure for public and private sectors. Holds various certifications, including CCIE #66053. Enjoys fitness, gaming, and family time.

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