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\contentsline {part}{I\hspace {1em}Introduction}{7}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {1}Introduction}{9}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.1}Aims and requirements}{9}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {1.2}Planning}{10}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {2}Safety and responsibility in the Lab}{11}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.1}General Laboratory Safety Rules}{11}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.2}Electrical Safety Guidelines}{12}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.3}Electrical Emergency Response}{13}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {2.4}Handling equipment}{13}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {3}When entering and leaving the laboratory}{17}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.1}Planning your time}{17}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.2}Sharing the lab}{17}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.3}Tidiness}{17}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.4}Resources}{17}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {3.5}Security: the key}{18}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {4}Documenting your lab-work}{19}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.1}Keep a notebook}{19}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.2}Plan your work}{19}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.3}The main elements}{20}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.4}Measurements}{21}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.5}Analysing results}{22}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {4.6}Your grade}{22}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {5}Plotting graphs}{23}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.1}Xmgrace}{23}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.2}Adding labels and legends}{25}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.3}Trouble-shooting}{26}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.4}Command summary}{26}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {5.5}Pictures in Latex}{26}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {6}Troubleshooting}{29}
\contentsline {part}{II\hspace {1em}Mandatory Experiments}{31}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {7}Host configuration management and web server}{33}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {7.1}Setting up a virtual Unix server farm}{33}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {7.1.1}The setup}{33}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {7.1.2}The login process}{34}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {7.1.3}Installing Apache}{35}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {7.1.4}Important configuration files}{36}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Cfengines Files}{36}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Apache Files}{36}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {7.1.5}Configuring Apache}{36}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Enabling the UserDir option in Apache by using the editfiles command in cfengine}{36}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Making sure that the Apache process is started}{37}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {8}Network Basics}{39}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {8.1}Equipment}{39}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {8.1.1}Router capabilities}{39}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {8.1.2}Cable types}{39}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {8.1.3}Quick configuration}{40}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {8.1.4}Catalyst switches}{40}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Switching Supervisor Engine}{40}
\contentsline {subsubsection}{Configuring a catalyst switch}{40}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {8.1.5}Nortel BayStack switch}{41}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {8.1.6}Juniper routers}{41}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {8.2}Connecting computers together}{42}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {8.2.1}Connect two PCs together using a direct Ethernet to Ethernet connection}{42}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {8.2.2}Connect two PCs together by a switch}{42}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {8.2.3}Showing that broadcast traffic is unrestricted with a basic switch setup}{43}
\contentsline {subsection}{\numberline {8.2.4}Splitting our 3 PCs into 2 connected VLANs with Cisco}{44}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {8.3}Security features}{45}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {8.4}Remote connectivity}{45}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {8.5}Creating VLANs with the Nortel-Juniper collaboration.}{47}
\contentsline {part}{III\hspace {1em}Suggested In-depth Experiments}{51}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {9}Advanced routing}{53}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {9.1}RIP V1/V2}{53}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {9.2}EIGRP - an improved RIP?}{54}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {9.3}Routing loops}{55}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {10}BGP Policies and Virtual Tunnels}{57}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {10.1}Autonomous systems}{57}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {10.2}Peering}{58}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {10.3}Configuration errors}{58}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {10.4}Equilibration}{58}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {11}Traffic Shaping and Quality of Service}{59}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {11.1}Scenario 1}{60}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {11.2}Measurements}{60}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {11.3}Scenario 2}{61}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {12}Wireless Networking}{63}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {13}VPN and IPSec}{65}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {14}Virtual machines and large installation configuration}{67}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {14.1}Virtual networks}{67}
\contentsline {section}{\numberline {14.2}Managing the network}{67}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {15}Sensor monitoring}{69}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {16}XEN Virtual machines}{71}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {17}XORP router}{73}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {18}Linux Terminal Server Project}{75}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {19}High availability web services}{77}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {20}Disk and RAID performance}{79}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {21}SNMP and Network Operations Centre}{81}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {22}Multiseat system Under Linux}{83}
\contentsline {chapter}{\numberline {23}Miscellaneous}{85}