You can experiment on a computer in the laboratory or log in remotely to the server at cs1.cornellcollege.edu. There are guest accounts on that computer with the following names:


  • giancarlorota
  • isaacasimov
  • johnvoneumann
  • martingardner
  • mauricewilkes
  • norbertwiener
  • richardhamming

Learn how to use several of these Linux programs:

  • ftp
  • host
  • ifconfig
  • netstat
  • ping
  • rsync
  • scp
  • ssh
  • telnet
  • traceroute
Type 'man host' to learn more about the host command. You can learn about other commands in the same way.


Last modified: Wednesday, October 5, 2016, 2:19 PM