Confirm Your Setup:

  • Once logged in, type the following commands to confirm the system is configured properly, up to date, and that the network is working:
1uname -a
  • The above will show what version of the OS is installed to confirm you updated the system
2systemctl status vmtoolsd
  • The above will show the status of the vmtoolsd service to confirm it is running
3ip addr show | grep 192.168
  • The above will print on screen the network config for the 192 subnet
4ping 192.168.x.y2
  • The above will ping the second IP in your group where x is your group number and y is a different student in your group. This confirms networking is configured properly.

  • IMPORTANT: ping on a linux sytem runs until you cancel it. To cancel, press Ctr-c to cancel after a few seconds (not more than 10).


  • Take a screenshot of the result of the these 4 commands and submit to the assignment. You should be able to get all of those results in a screen shot if you don’t let the ping command run too long.