Lab 01 ‐ Virtual Firewall and Windows 10 Configuration - devinziegler/Devin-Tech-Journal GitHub Wiki

Assignment: Lab 01 - Virtual Firewall and Windows 10 Configuration

This lab goes over how to set up a simple network, configure are pfsense firewall, and configure a windows 10 system.

Helpful steps (VMconfig):

  • Keep track of what networks you assign to your network adapters. Cross cabling is possible in a virtual environment.

Firewall Setup:

Renaming interfaces and assigning MAC:

  • Select option one from the firewall terminal. This allows you to assign network interfaces to WAN or LAN.
  • Confirm the MAC addresses shown match the adapters they were assigned to.

Setting up IP addresses for WAN Interface:

  • For static address make sure to type address and subnet ex, <yourip/24>
  • Assign upstream gateway the same way.
  • Upstream gateway is responsible for routing network traffic between LAN and WAN.

Setting up IP addresses for LAN Interface:

  • Process is the same just change IP

Setting up IPv4 in Windows 10:

  • Make sure IP is compatible with the LAN subnet, and isn't taken.
  • Assign proper subnet
  • Make default gateway firewall LAN IP.
  • Make DNS firewall LAN IP.

Helpful Windows Commands:

whoami

The whoami command prints the username of the current user

hostname

The hostname command prints the hostname of the system. A hostname is a label assigned to a device connected to a network that can be used to identify the device.

ipconfig /all

The ipconfig /all command displays TCP/IP network config values. The /all switch results in more information displayed.

tracert -h <max_num_hops> <target_system>

The tracert command displays network path. Each hop is recorded and times are displayed. The -h switch is used to limit the max number of hops.

Reflections:

  • During this lab, I didn't seem to have any problems. I had set up routers / firewalls in packet tracer and the process was surprisingly similar.
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