UNIX Network Administration

Course Length: 3 Days

Key Objectives

• Understand the ISO communications protocol model and various vendor implementations.
• Understand and maintain LAN hardware, software, and existing networks.
• Understand NFS, servers, clients, and security.
• Understand NIS networks.
• Gain experience in network monitoring, troubleshooting, debugging, and control.
• Perform backups and restores.
• Optimize system performance.

Course Overview

This course describes the UNIX Networking Facilities and Tools, and describes the networking environment of UNIX systems. Students are shown the techniques and strategies for identifying and correcting networking problems as well as for efficiently installing and configuring network nodes. Lab exercises and class discussions are used to provide the student with "hands-on" experience.

Audience

The course is intended for experienced C programmers interested in expanding their skill and knowledge of the UNIX system, process control, memory management, and interprocess communications.

Prerequisite

• UNIX Fundamentals

• C Programming C Programming (or 6 month's equivalent experience)
• vi or emacs editor.

Course Content

Networking Protocol

Network Hardware

• File Transfer over the Ethernet
• Hardware Devices for Expanding the Network
• Resolving Ethernet Problems

Network Software

• Establishing Domains
• Maintaining Network Related Files
• Subnets and Joining Networks

Diagnosing Network Problems

• Off-Loading Software to Local Disk
• Software Checks
• Performance Considerations

Overview Of NFS

Setting Up and Maintaining an NFS Server

• Exporting Directories
• Upgrading NFS Servers

Setting Up and Maintaining an NFS Client

• Mounting Files and Directories
• Unmounting
• Adding and Removing Clients

Handling NFS Problems

• Determining Location
• Clearing Problems
• Fixing Hung Problems

Network Security

Yellow Pages

Electronic Mail and Communications