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Infrastructure: Foundations of IT Infrastructure and Networking Technologies Lab for CompTIA Tech

In this lab, you’ll configure a DHCP server on and ensure network connectivity, demonstrating basic network administration skills.

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(12 reviews)
Level
Clock icon Beginner
Duration
Clock icon 40m
Published
Clock icon Sep 16, 2024

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Table of Contents

  1. Challenge

    Getting 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

    Configuring and Testing DHCP on Ubuntu Linux

    In this challenge, you will configure a DHCP server on a Ubuntu server VM to manage network configurations automatically. You will define a specific subnet range and ensure connectivity by testing the network connection to a client machine.

  3. Challenge

    The Last Challenge

    Welcome to the final challenge! This is your last chance to experiment in the environment. Clicking Finish Lab will end this little world that flittered into existence just for you.

Sean Wilkins is an accomplished networking consultant and writer for infoDispersion (www.infodispersion.com) who has been in the IT field for over 20 years working with several large enterprises.

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