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Troubleshooting Guest Operating System Networking

Troubleshooting virtual machine guest operating system networking is an important skill. This troubleshooting scenario is an opportunity to assess your skills in this area. In this hands-on lab, you are trapped in an escape room. To escape, you need to troubleshoot the networking issues so that you can connect to the jumpbox and access the escape room exit on the web server. > **Note:** If you are completing this lab as part of the *Hands-On Network Troubleshooting with Azure Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): An Escape Room Adventure* course, you will receive a key upon successful completion of this hands-on lab that you can use to unlock the door in the next hands-on lab in that course.

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Clock icon Intermediate
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Clock icon 45m
Last updated
Clock icon Sep 01, 2025

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Troubleshoot Guest Operating System Networking (Option 1: Linux)

    1. Use Remote Desktop to connect to JumpBox2 using its public IP address.
    2. Review the IP configuration.
    3. Review the DNS client configuration.
    4. Review the DHCP client configuration.
    5. Perform basic diagnostics.
    6. Perform IP routing diagnostics.
    7. Perform DNS diagnostics.
    8. Perform port-based network checks.

  2. Challenge

    Troubleshoot Guest Operating System Networking (Option 2: Windows)

    1. Use Remote Desktop to connect to JumpBox1 using its public IP address.
    2. Review the IP configuration.
    3. Review the DNS client configuration.
    4. Review the DHCP client configuration.
    5. Perform basic diagnostics.
    6. Perform IP routing diagnostics.
    7. Perform DNS diagnostics.
    8. Perform port-based network checks.

  3. Challenge

    Connect to WebServer1 from JumpBox1 or JumpBox2

    1. Use Remote Desktop to connect to JumpBox1 or JumpBox2 using the public IP address.
    2. Use Microsoft Edge on JumpBox1 or Firefox on JumpBox2 to connect to WebServer1 using the address http://escape.lab.vnet.
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