CST 311 Weekly Journal #5
Weekly Journal This week, I worked on both Lab 7 and Lab 10 for CST 311. It helped me learn how to work with network layer services and protocols. Furthermore, in Lab 7, I focused on investigating the behavior of the NAT protocol using the Mininet VM by capturing network packets on both the LAN and WAN sides with Wireshark. This hands-on experience helped me visualize how NAT modifies packet headers and plays a crucial role in network security and efficiency. In Lab 10, I looked into configuring and analyzing IPv6 behavior then used Mininet to implement IPv6 in a simulated network environment and captured packets to explore link-local. This lab helped me better understand the differences between IPv4 and IPv6 addressing schemes and how IPv6 supports a larger address space. All in all the labs helped my understanding of the practical applications of these essential network protocols.