debian updates error

Problems encoutered today

Error in getting updates!!

We keyed in the following command to get the updates

#apt-get update?

As we were not able to get updates from the debian server, we had to troubleshoot it.

The following command are used to check the network stauts and configurations in order to determine the errors

#ifconfig eth1 [ this is to allow us to see the status of the network interface ]
contains information such as the IP addresses, bcast and mask

#traceroute http://www.yahoo.com/ [ allow us to check the ping status ]

#cat /etc/resolv.conf [ show us the name server ]

#route n [ show the destination, gateway and Genmask ]

#vi /etc/network/interfaces [ to configure the debian IP , gateway and netmask ]
or else use #iface eth1 inet dhcp

Once the #ifconfig eth1 show the inet addr as 172.20.178.13 it is able to ping to the outside.

After which all updates and downloads patch could be installed and the problem of getting the connection to the update server is done.

Week 7 Presentation Feedback

Thing to improve on and to achieve

Gannt Chart
- We need to have a column of a actual finished date and planned date

Objectives
- Show the objectives and know what to emphasise on

- Such as Bandwidth, security, log error security, traffic flow, syslog-ng able to log error and the debian requirement are being met and able to run

- Show more work being done, less theory and more on configuration

- Problems that we encounter during our set-up

- Future Enhancement

- Explain in laymen term, in order to bring accross to audience

- IT risk management,
such as power failure, contigency plans, backup type (using tape backup)