COLLEGE MOHAWK OF APPLIED ARTS AND TECHNOLOGY Department of Electrotechnology NETWORK FUNDAMENTALS LAB EE368 NETWORK INSTALLATION OBJECTIVES: After completing this exercise, the student should be able to: - identify NIC and Network components - install network card driver - run network card diagnostic - identify dynamic network parameters assigned to the computer - enter static network parameters and test network operation - identify network protocol, client , and services installed - demonstrate network client operation to map a network drive - demonstrate network services by network sharing printers and folders - Shared Folder Permissions (FAT32/NTFS) - implement a Remote Desktop Connection REFERENCE: EXPERIMENT #10
EQUIPMENT: Student Supplied: - Binder containing Course Outline, Lab Procedures, Report Forms and Computer service disks USB drive - Internet access (Home or Open Access) College Supplied: - Windows XP based Desktop PC - Windows XP based Trainer PC - Image Files = Restore image P4XPNoDr.GHO
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PROCEDURE: This lab will be done in groups of two due to limited equipment. PART A SYSTEM PRECONFIGURATION 1. Your instructor must download the P4XPNoDr.GHO image to the black Dell desktop computers. Reboot the system and continue. Ensure that the OPTIPLEX 755 PCs are able to access the Internet. 2. Login on black Dell desktop computers as Administrator. In the Computer Management window/Local Users and Groups/Users right click on the administrator and change the password to "e211-??" (?? is your station number). PART B NIC COMPONENT IDENTIFICATION 1. For the diagram on the report sheet label the following NIC and Network Components. PCI CONNECTOR, SWITCH, RJ45, CAT5, TRANSCEIVER, ETHERNET ASIC, BOOT ROM SOCKET, WOL CONNECTOR, LINK and ACTIVITY INDICATORS PART C NETWORK INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION Step #1 NIC (Network Interface Card) Installation 1. The physical installation of the NIC would logically be the first step but since this procedure was completed this step will not be repeated here. 2. Check the NIC in Device Manager and notice that it has a yellow exclamation mark through it. What does this indicate? (Record your answer in the report form.) 3. Record in your report form the name for this NIC and underline the Manufacturer and the Model. 4. Getting the NIC working is the most logical choice as once the network is accessible other drivers, service packs and updates can easily be downloaded. 5. Use your data storage created in the previous labs to install the NIC driver now. 6. Check the Device Manager to make sure the NIC is functioning properly. 7. Join the ET group by changing the Workgroup. To change the workgroup right click My Network Places, Advanced tab, Network Identification and Change. You must reboot the computer for the change to take affect. Step #2 NIC Diagnostic NIC Information, Diagnostic and Network Testing 1. Now that your NIC is operational download from the Dell site the NIC Diagnostic for this card and install it on your computer. EE368 W09 Lab#7 Pg 2
2. Install the Diagnostic and run it from the All Programs menu. Information 3. Record for the NIC in the report sheet the MAC address, IP address, Link Speed and Duplex setting.
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Under Adapter details determine and record Bus speed and width, Controller#, Interrupt and Memory address. Using the Network Driver Tab record Driver name and version. Most network cards come with 3 levels of diagnostics. They are: A. NIC Hardware Test - tests operation of NIC hardware. B. NIC Transmission Test - tests whether the NIC can access/transmit onto the cable. C. NIC Communications Test - tests whether the NIC can communicate reliably with another host on the network.
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Diagnostic 7. Run the Diagnostic test on the network card after it has been configured. Record on the inlab evaluation sheet whether the card passed or failed. Transmission 8. Return to the General tab select Test Cable and record Local and Remote Receiver Status. 9. Unplug the network cable and run the Diagnostic test again. Record which test/s failed? Expand the Help window and record in your report sheet the Description of the error and the Troubleshooting information. Communications Test 10. Select Diagnostics, Advanced and Start. When Connectivity test is over record its status and by pressing help determine and record what the network connectivity test does. Does it test communications between two computers on the network? Have the Instructor sign off your inlab evaluation sheet for NIC operation and testing. Step #3 Network Configuration Dynamic Host Configuration 1. Network cards are configured to communicate with the computer (motherboard) automatically using Plug and Play, in order for the Network Card to communicate on the network it must also be configured. 2. The configuration of network cards is often automatic because the network you are connecting to contains a DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) Server. When your computer starts it requests from the DHCP server the network parameters required to be able to operate on the network. 3. Right Click on My Network Places, select Properties, right click on Local Area Connection, select Properties, select Internet Protocol, select Properties and record the grayed out network parameters that are being determined automatically. What is the default protocol Microsoft uses for their network configuration? EE368 W09 Lab#7 Pg 3
4. To determine the actual values for these setting open a text Command Prompt window and at the prompt type IPCONFIG /ALL. Record all the IP addresses and their title along with the MAC address, Host Name, and DNS suffix. 5. The settings record above with the exception of the Host name and MAC address are all provided to your computer by the DHCP server. Type "Exit" to close the Command Prompt window. Static Host Configuration 6. If you are configuring a server computer or you are on a small network and there is no DHCP server present you will have to manually configure your network parameters. 7. Redo procedure number 3 above if you closed the Internet Protocol window and enter in the parameters you recorded in procedure 4 above by clicking on Use the following ....., enter the Advanced setting and fill in the remaining parameters. When completed you may exit the windows by repeatedly clicking OK. Technology Step #4 Testing and troubleshooting TCP/IP configuration
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The ARIN has reserved an IP address for TCP/IP diagnostics. To perform a loop back test, open a Command Prompt window and type in the command ping 127.0.0.1. Record the response on the lab result sheet. One line of the repetitive output is sufficient. If you receive an error message you are having problems with your TCP/IP protocol stack (software). Ping your own TCP/IP address and record the response. An error message indicates that there might be a communication problem between OS and your network adapter. To correct this problem, remove and reinstall your NIC driver. Ping the Instructor machine by typing the command ping 211000bdb75b8c3 (233000bdb75aadc). What is the IP address of the Instructor machine? Record this. An error message would suggest a wrong subnet mask. You are trying to communicate with a machine on your subnet. Subnet mask determines whether the IP address is local (on your subnet) or destined beyond your subnet. The tracert command reports each network (router) crossed by a TCP/IP packet on its way to another host. Try the command tracert www.hamilton.ca -w 50000 to trace the route between your computer and the remote location. Leave the program running it may take 15-20 minutes to resolve the route. How many hops did it take? What was the farthest location your packet went to in order to reach Hamilton? List the three routers inside Mohawk College that the network packets must pass through to get to the Internet? Record on the lab results sheet. Use the ping 142.222.12.250 command to test your ability to contact Electrotech's Internal Router (default gateway) this allows your machine to communicate beyond the departments subnetwork. Try ping 142.222.249.254, the gateway router out of the Academic subnetwork. Finally ping 142.222.69.254 the External Router that connects Mohawk's subnetwork to the Internet. Record the results of each ping on your results sheet. Ping a web server such as ping www.mohawkcollege.ca Were you successful? What is the IP Address of the web server? Record on the lab results sheet. To test all the 7 layers of OSI model using, try to telnet 142.222.12.250 into Electrotech's Internal Router. This attempts to create a remote command line login to the router to allow you to reconfigure it. EE368 W09 Lab#7 Pg 4
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Were you able to connect? What is the response did the router request? Can you login in? Record your results on the lab results sheet. PART D NETWORK APPLICATION Step #1 Identifying Major Parts of the Network Software 1. A network installation consists of three components although these are automatically installed it is important to understand the purpose of each of these components. The first component was covered in the procedures above and consists of the Multiprotocol Stack and the Protocols. 2. Return to the Local Area Connection Properties window used in Part B-Step 3-Proc3 and determine which entry line in this window relates to the Multiprotocol Stack and Protocol. Record this in your results sheet. 3. The second component consists of the Network Client. The network Client software allows the user to access different kinds of servers such as when you use My Network Places to access Microsoft Servers such as Milli. 4. Using the Local Area Connection Properties window used in Part B-Step 3-Proc3 and determine which entry line in this window relates to the Network Client Module. Record this in your results Technology: sheet. What other client software is used on the computer that allows access to WAN resourses? 6. The third component consists of Network Services this module allows your computer to act as a server and allows others to access your hard drive or printer. 7. Using the Local Area Connection Properties window used in Part B-Step 3-Proc3 and determine which entry line in this window relates to the Network Services. Record this in your results sheet. 8. Close Local Area Properties box. Using the Network Connections menu select Tools + Folder Options + View, scroll down to the bottom and uncheck "Use Simple File Sharing", click Apply then OK. Step #2 Utilizing Network Client Software to access Network Servers 1. Create a network mapped drive to the Milli server's "Drivers" directory and place a shortcut to this mapped drive on your desktop. You may need to search for the "Milli" server if you cannot see the "ET" workgroup. Step #3 Utilizing Network Services Software to share your computers resources over the Network. Network Identification 1. Network clients are usually identified on a network using a specific naming convention. The Internet uses DNS (Dynamic Naming Service) to allow each computer to have a text based host name as well as a domain (group) name. Windows based networks utilize NetBIOS names and Workgroup names. Each Windows based client must have a unique NetBIOS name and for ease of locating other users with common interests a common Workgroup name. 2. Right click on My Network Places, select Properties, pull down the Advanced Menu item and select Network Identification, Change and enter the Computer Name "e211??" (?? is your computer's number EE368 W09 Lab#7 Pg 5
from 1- 12) and enter "ET" for the common Workgroup. The computer will require a reboot in order to put the Computer name and Workgroup name into use. Network Users 3. Create a new user called "e211??" (?? is the number of your computer from 1 to 12) by right clicking My Computer, selecting the Manage option and then clicking on Local Users and Groups. Select "Password never expires" with "??" as the password. If you do not remember how create a user refer to Windows Help or lab #4. Network Resources 4. Create two 500MB partitions one FAT32 the other NTFS and assign drive letters to each. Use Quick Format to reduce the time taken to complete this step. If you do not remember how to do this refer to lab #1 and #4. 5. In My Computer right click the FAT32 partition's drive letter, select Properties and record the tabs shown in the window. Share this drive using Create a New Share with the name FAT32. 6. In My Computer right click the NTFS partition's drive letter, select Properties and record the tabs shown in the window. Share this drive using Create a New Share with the name NTFS. What is quota tab/function used for? 7. Right click on the FAT32 partition in My Computer, select Sharing and Security, New Share, enter "fat32" as the share name. Use Share Permissions to add user "e211??" with read privileges to the "fat32" share. (Add+Advanced+Find Now+e211??+Okay +Okay) 8. Repeat the previous procedure for the NTFS partition. Assign a share name of "ntfs" and provide the "e211??" user with read and change permissions. 9. While logged in as the administrator right click My Computer and select Map a Network Drive. Browse your computer for the fat32 share (e211??\fat32) and select it along with "Connect using a different user". In the Connections box enter e211??\e211?? (Computer name\User name) and the password "??". 10. Repeat the previous procedure to map the "ntfs" share to a drive letter. Using "ntfs" as the share name and giving user "e211??" read and change permissions. Testing Network Access of YOUR Shared Folders 11. Access each of the mapped drives through their assigned drive letter and test the following and record the results in your lab result sheet: a. File creation b. Folder creation c. File creation in a new folder
Accessing Shared Folders on other Computers 12. Test your ability to map a drive to another groups shared folders by connecting to the share with a valid username from their computer (e211##, ## where ## is their station number). Record in your results sheets your ability to do: a. File creation b. Folder creation c. File creation in a new folder
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Enabling Your Computer for a Remote Desktop Connection 1. Use the help menu to search for the instructions on how to enable the Remote Desktop Access to your computer from another computer. 2. Enable access for the user you created E211??. Test your Remote Desktop connection by having others login to this account remotely. Testing Remote Desktop Connections 3. Test your ability to use a Remote Desktop connection to log into other computers using the E211## account on those computers. Try using 4. Try enabling the Administrator as a Remote Access User and test your ability to connect to other machine using an Administrator connection. Ask the instructor to test your Shared resources and Remote Desktop connections in order to obtain a signature. Technology 5. Summarize the limitations of Remote Access connections as a user account and as an administrator account. PART E DESKTOP PC IMAGE RESTORATION 1. Make sure you shutdown both computers using the Windows shutdown procedure. 2. Leave the Lab Report form on the front desk.
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LAB REPORT SHEET
LAB #7 EE368
Name: __________________________________________Class: _________________ PART B NIC COMPONENT IDENTIFICATION Label the parts listed in the procedure.
PART C NETWORK INSTALLATION AND CONFIGURATION S1-P3 Device Manager NIC Name __________________________________________________________ S2-P3 MAC address _______________________ IP address _____________________ Link Speed ______ Duplex setting ______________ S2-P4 Bus speed _______ Bus width ________ Controller# _________ Memory address ____________ Interrupt ____ S2-P5 Driver name _______________________ Version ____________________ S2-P7 Diagnostic - Pass/Fail ___________ S2-P8 Transmission - Local and Remote Receiver Status _____________________________________ S2-P9 Disconnected network cable tests failed _____________________________ Description of the error ___________________________________ Troubleshooting information _________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ _ S2-P10 Connectivity test status _____________________________________________________________ What does the connectivity test do? _________________________________________________________ S3-P3 Grayed out parameters ____________________________ ____________________________ ________________________________ _________________________
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Default Protocol used by Microsoft Windows ____________________________ S3-P4 Description Host Name MAC address IP Address Default Gateway DNS Server Pri.
DNS Suffix Subnet Mask DHCP Server DNS Server Sec.
PART D NETWORK APPLICATION S1-P2 Multiprotocol Stack and Protocol - ___________________________________________________ S1-P4 Network Client Module - ____________________________________________________________ Technology S1-Q6 WAN Client? ____________________________________________________________________ S1-P7 Network Services - _________________________________________________________________ S3-P4 Tabs shown FAT32 ________________________________________________________________ S3-P5 Tabs shown NTFS - ________________________________________________________________ S3-P10 File creation - ____________________________________________________________________ Folder creation - __________________________________________________________________ File in Folder - ____________________________________________________________________ S3-P11 File creation - ____________________________________________________________________ Folder creation - __________________________________________________________________ File in Folder - ____________________________________________________________________ S3-P12 Shared folder permissions Instructor Signature: ____________ Time: ________
S4-P4 Remote Desktop operation Instructor Signature: ____________ Time: ________ Technology Part C S4-P1 Response of local loop back ping ____________________________________________________ S4-P2 Response of machine IP address ping _________________________________________________ S4-P3 Instructor machine IP address _______________________________________________________ S4-P4 Number of Hops _______ Mohawk router's IP addresses: Farthest Location __________________
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Department: ____________________ Academic:___________________ Internet: __________________ Mohawk college router's Ping Results: Department: ____________________ Academic:___________________ Internet: __________________ Mohawk College's Web Server IP address: ___________________________________________________ Departmental router: Connection: _________ Response: ______________________________________ Login ?_____________ S4-P5 S4-P5 Remote Desktop Limitations User account ___________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ _ Administrator account____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________________ _ S4-P4 Remote Desktop operation Instructor Signature: ____________ Time: ________
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