Linux Firewall & DMX Networking Lab

Objective The lab focuses on troubleshooting real-world network failures by systematically isolating issues at each layer of the network stack. Network Topology LAN (User Network) DMZ (Service Network) 192.168.10.0/24 192.168.20.0/24 __________________ _____________________ Client VM Server VM 192.168.10.101 192.168.20.10 | | | | ________ Firewall VM ___________ (Router + Firewall) Issue 1: No connectivity between networks Failure to connect to the webserver Troubleshooting Workflow Step 1 - Verify the service exists From Server: ...

June 17, 2026 · 3 min

DMZ Network Lab - Firewall, Routing, and nftables

Objective The goal of this lab is to design and implement a basic DMZ (Demilitarized Zone) network using Linux virtual machines, understand routing between network segments, and apply nftables as a stateful firewall. Network Topology LAN (User Network) DMZ (Service Network) 192.168.10.0/24 192.168.20.0/24 __________________ _____________________ Client VM Server VM 192.168.10.101 192.168.20.10 | | | | ________ Firewall VM ___________ (Router + Firewall) VM & Routing Configuration Client VM sudo netplan try sudo netplan apply Firewall VM (Core Router) ...

June 16, 2026 · 2 min