Module 2
Watching the Network, and Moving Files Around It
How you find out something is wrong without being told, and how configurations and images get on and off a device.
3 activities~38 min
In this module
- Distinguish polling from event-driven reporting and say when each fits
- Read a syslog severity level correctly, including the inversion
- Compare TFTP and FTP, and say why the weaker one survives
- Restrict a file transfer service to the segment that should use it
Activities
Lesson
Knowing what the network is doing
Polls, events, severities, and what flow data adds.
10 min
Lesson
Moving files to and from network devices
Two protocols, and why the more limited one persists.
8 min
Lab
The config backup server everyone can reach
A real FTP server holding every device configuration, reachable from the user LAN. Restrict it without breaking the backups.
20 min
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Curriculum topics
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