Connecting Two Festival Areas is a practical Linux networking project for learners who can use a terminal and recognize IPv4 addresses. Help a Lantern Festival share real programmes between separate areas while keeping its broadcast room working.
Two Guided Labs first add a scoped forward route, then use bounded live packet observations to repair a reply path. One independent Challenge changes the area names and address plan so you can apply the same methods without a supplied repair sequence.
What You Will Learn
- distinguish a local destination, a client gateway and a router's next hop;
- use destination lookups and precise routes without replacing existing defaults;
- distinguish a TCP connection request from a completed HTTP exchange;
- observe request and reply directions with bounded tcpdump captures;
- retrieve complete real programmes with original client addresses and preserve unrelated paths.
Who This Course Is For
This course suits networking learners who want to connect small networks through real Linux routing.
Prerequisites: Basic terminal input and tab switching; recognition of IPv4 addresses, a simple /24 range, client/server roles and ports; experience viewing addresses with ip addr and making a simple request. Getting a Pop-Up Event Network Ready is recommended. No subnet binary arithmetic, firewall administration or programming is required. Follow the Guided Labs in order before the Challenge.
Learning environment: Prepared Linux network nodes and programme services are ready in your browser, with client and router terminals and an Area Plan. Nodes share one kernel. Each unit starts independently. Documents are available in nine languages; programme content, interface labels and command output stay in English.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do I need physical routers or a local Linux installation?
No. The prepared environment provides the network and services for each unit.
Does this configure public Internet access or permanent routing?
No. You practice temporary routes inside a controlled wired training network. Dynamic routing, NAT, public routing and reboot persistence are outside this course.
How is the Challenge different?
It changes the area relationships and addresses while retaining the tools and repair methods taught in the Guided Labs. Success is real programme delivery plus preserved services, not a report or a green map alone.
How long does it take?
The author estimates 40 and 45 minutes for the Guided Labs and 40 minutes for the Challenge, including reading and ordinary mistakes. These are not measured beginner completion times.
