NAD710 Lab #2 Reflections

Lab two for this course was at least a little more interesting, as I got to encounter at least one new tool this time. While a lot of the tools used, like ifconfig, the arp commands, etc., were already familiar to me due to either personal use or previous experience in other courses, the 'ip' tool for configuring the network card was something I hadn't used before. The 'ip' tool's syntax reminds me of the style of syntax used for configuring network interfaces on Cisco router's, though it's not quite identical in a few places. 'tcpdump' was also new - I've used tools with similar functionality from the GUI, but it's always preferable to have a command-line version if possible, so I'll probably be playing with this tool a bit more in my spare time.