17. Configuring and Monitoring a LAN

Objectives

After reading this chapter you should be able to:

• List and describe the uses of each hardware component of wired and wireless LANs

• Determine which network interface card is installed in the local Linux system

• List the software settings required to communicate on a LAN

• Use Network Manager to configure the system to use static network settings

• List several types of network services and their uses

• Monitor the network using Cacti ...

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