Network+ N10-009 Lab Setup Guide

Pre-Requisites
For this class you will need:

• A Windows 10 or 11 Host PC with 16 GB or more RAM, and 50 GB or more free disk space.
• A fast Internet connection
• [Link]
o Obtain from the N10-009 course files
• A free Cisco Network Academy account and Packet Tracer (you will obtain both later in this
setup guide)
• Additional software (see below)

Download Software
Download the following software:

• 7-zip
o [Link]
• Valhala Honeypot 1.8-ENGLISH
o [Link]
[Link]/download
• Nmap for Windows (which includes Zenmap)
o [Link]
• Wireshark for Windows
o [Link]
• VMware Workstation Player 17.6.2 (from any of the following sites):
o [Link]
o [Link]
o [Link]
• Kali Linux Virtual Machine (VMware)
o [Link]
• Metasploitable2 Virtual Machine (VMware)
o [Link]

Note: Documentation for Kali Linux can be found at:

[Link]
Obtain a Free Cisco Network Academy Account and Packet Tracer
Packet Tracer is a free network simulation tool that we will use for activities in this course. To obtain it,
you must sign up for a free Cisco Network Academy account. When you start Packet Tracer, you will be
prompted to log in with this account. To obtain both an account and Packet Tracer, follow these steps:

1. Open a browser to [Link]

2. On the home page, in the upper-right corner, click Login.
3. On the Welcome page, click Sign up.
4. On the Sign Up page, enter your information and click Continue.
5. Under Create New Account, continue to enter your information and click Create account.
IMPORTANT: Record your username and password! Packet Tracer will require you to log in
when you open it!
6. On the Terms & Conditions popup page, tick (check) the checkbox I have read and agreed to
the terms & conditions.
7. Click Accept & Continue.
8. On the My Learning page, in the Search bar, enter packet tracer
9. From the suggestions list, select Getting Started with Cisco Packet Tracer
10. On the Getting Started with Cisco Packet Tracer page, click Get Started With Self-Paced.
11. On the left side, in the navigation pane, under 1.0. Install Cisco Packet Tracer, click 1.0.3
Download Cisco Packet Tracer.
12. Under 1.0.3 Download Cisco Packet Tracer, click the link
[Link]
13. On the NetAcad resources page, scroll down, and in the Learning Resources section, select and
download your desired version of Packet Tracer.
14. Once downloaded, launch the Packet Tracer installer, and follow the install wizard.
15. Packet Tracer should start automatically. If not, start it.
16. On the Cisco Packet Tracer sign in popup page, click (turn on) the toggle button Keep me logged
in (for 3 months).
17. Click CISCO Skills For All.
18. Enter your email and click Login.
19. Enter your password and click Login.
20. Close the browser window and verify that Packet Tracer is open and ready to use.
21. Close Packet Tracer.

Prepare Your Windows Host PC

Disable Windows Defender Firewall (or any other host-based firewall)
The following steps are for Windows Defender Firewall:

1. On your host PC, search for and open Windows Defender Firewall.
2. On the left pane, click Turn Windows Defender Firewall on or off.
3. On the Customize Settings page, click the Turn off Windows Defender Firewall radio button for
all profiles, then click OK.
Add the Windows Telnet Client
Steps:

1. On your Windows host PC, search for and open Control Panel.
2. In Category view, click Programs.
3. Under Programs and Features, click Turn Windows features on or off.
4. In the Windows Features popup dialog box, scroll down and check Telnet Client, then click OK.

5. Close the Control Panel.

Install Software on Your Windows Host PC

Steps:

1. On your Windows host PC, perform a default installation of the following:

a. 7-zip
b. Wireshark
c. Nmap for Windows
d. VMware Workstation Player 17.6.2

Note: You will set up Valhalla Honeypot later.

Unzip the Course Activity Files

Steps:

1. Unzip [Link] to your desktop

2. Ensure that the contents unzip successfully:
Identify Your Home Network Subnet ID and Mask
Steps:

1. On your Windows 10/11 host PC, search for and open command prompt.
2. Type ipconfig and press enter.
3. In the results, locate the primary network adapter that you use to get on the network (for most
people it will be Wi-Fi).
4. Record your IPv4 Address, Subnet ID, and Subnet Mask. You will need this information later.

5. To record your Subnet ID, write down the first three octets of your IPv4 address. For the last
octet, write 0. For example, in the above image the Subnet ID is [Link]. The subnet mask is
[Link].

Add and Configure a Loopback Adapter on Your Host PC

Steps:

1. Add a Microsoft KM-TEST Loopback Adapter:

a. On your Host PC, search for and open Device Manager.
b. In the Device Manager window, click Action → Add legacy hardware.
c. In the Add Hardware wizard, click Next.
d. On the next page, select Install the hardware that I manually select from a list
(Advanced).
e. Click Next.
f. In the Common hardware types: list, scroll down and select Network adapters, then
click Next.
 g. In the Select the device driver you want to install for this hardware page, under
Manufacturer select Microsoft, and under Model select Microsoft KM-TEST Loopbback
Adapter.
h. Click Next twice.
i. Click Finish.
j. In Device Manager, under Network adapters, verify that you see Microsoft KM-TEST
Loopback Adapter.
k. Make note of the adapter name (e.g. Ethernet 4).

l. Close Device Manager.

2. Hard code the loopback adapter with the IP address of [Link], with the subnet mask of
[Link]:
a. On your host PC, search for and open the Control Panel.
b. Under Network and Internet click View network status and tasks.
c. On the Network and Sharing Center page, in the left pane, click Change adapter
settings.
d. Locate and double-click the Ethernet Microsoft KM-TEST Loopback Adapter.
e. On the Ethernet Status page, click the Properties button.
f. In the Properties page, double-click to open Internet Protocol Version 4 (TCP/IPv4) .
g. Manually set the IP address to [Link], with a subnet mask of [Link], and
click OK.

Note: This interface has no default gateway and no DNS server address.
 h. Click OK again and then click Close.
i. Close Network Connections.
j. Close Network and Sharing Center.
k. On your host PC desktop, open a command prompt and enter the command ipconfig
l. Verify that you can see the Loopback adapter with the correct IP settings.

Set Up and Configure the Honeypot

Steps:

1. Set up the host web content:

 a. On your host PC, on the C: drive, create three folders: v_www, v_ftp, and v_telnet

b. From your unzipped N10-009-Activity-Files \setup_files folder, copy the following files to
their respective folders:
i. [Link] to C:\v_www
ii. [Link] to C:\v_ftp
iii. [Link], [Link], [Link], and [Link] to C:\v_telnet

2. Locate [Link], and unzip it to your desktop.

3. Navigate into the folder, and double-click [Link] to launch it.
4. In the Valhala Honeypot 1.8 window, click Server Config.
5. In the Honeypot services window, under WEB Server click Options.

6. Verify that the WEB Server is enabled, and set its configuration to look like the following. When
done, close the WEB / HTTP service window.
7. Similarly, enable and configure the POP3 Server Options.

User: moo
Passwd: letmein

8. Enable and configure the FTP Server Options:

Login: moo
Passwd: letmein
 NOTE: The FTP service is buggy in v1.8. For that reason, it was omitted from the activity video.
The bugs were fixed in v1.9, but that version is in Portuguese. If you want to try it, first set up
1.8, then download and launch v1.9 from:

[Link]
.zip/download .

Unzip and launch [Link] v1.9. Your previous v1.8 settings will automatically be applied.
The interface is identical, except the labels are in Portuguese. The FTP service works, and its
messages are in English.

9. Enable and configure the SMTP Server Options.

10. Enable and configure the TELNET Server Options. Pay close attention to the details in the red
boxes. Other details can remain at their default value.

Login: moo
Passwd: letmein
11. Close the Honeypot services page.
12. On the Valhala Honeypot 1.8 main page, click Monitoring.
a. Ignore any error messages you may see
b. Do not close this window
 13. Test the honeypot by opening a browser on your host PC to [Link] Verify that you
see this web page:

14. Close Valhala Honeypot.

15. Close the browser.

Set Up the Metasploitable VM

NOTE: Before proceeding, be aware that the VM will capture your mouse. To release your mouse, press
Ctrl+Alt

NOTE: Keep in mind that names and commands in Linux are case sensitive.
Steps:

1. Extract the Metasploitable VM:

a. Locate and right-click [Link] → Extract All…
b. Click Extract.
c. Make note of where the VM is extracted to.

2. Open the VM in VMware Workstation Player:

a. Launch VMware Workstation 17 Player.
b. On the VMware Workstation 17 Player Welcome (Home) page, click Open a Virtual
Machine.
c. Browse to where you extracted Metasploitable, navigate down into the
Metasploitable2-Linux folder, select [Link] and click Open.
d. Verify that Metasploitable2-Linux now appears in the VMware Workstation 17 Player
library.
e. If necessary, select Metasploitable2-Linux and click Play virtual machine.
f. If prompted, click I Copied It.
g. Verify that Metasploitable boots up.

3. Change the VM Network Adapter to Bridged Mode:

a. In the Metasploitable2-Linux VM window, in the upper left corner, click Player →
Manage → Virtual Machine Settings…
b. In the Virtual Machine Settings window, in the Hardware tab, locate and click Network
Adapter (not Network Adapter 2).
c. In the Network connection section, click the Bridged: Connected directly to the
physical network radio button.

d. Click OK.

4. Log into Metasploitable:

a. Click into the Metasploitable command prompt.
b. At the metasploitable login: prompt, type msfadmin and press enter.
 c. At the Password: prompt, type msfadmin and press enter.
d. Verify that your Metasploitable prompt is msfadmin@metasploitable:~$

5. Verify that Metasploitable obtains a DHCP lease from your home router:
a. Enter the command ifconfig
b. Verify that the IPv4 address (after inet addr:) belongs to your home network (the first
three octets should be the same as for your Windows host PC).

c. If the IP address does NOT belong to your home network:

i. Press Ctrl+Alt to release your mouse
ii. Repeat Step 3 and restart the VM*
iii. Repeat Steps 4 and 5
d. Record Metasploitable’s IP address (you will need this information later)
e. Leave VMware Workstation Player and Metasploitable running

*Note: The Metasploitable VM is very durable. You can simply turn off the VM or
suspend it when it is not needed. Although not necessary, if you wish to shut the
operating system down properly, issue the following command at its command prompt:

sudo init 0

When prompted for a password, enter:

msfadmin

Allow Metasploitable to shut down and close.

6. Verify that you can open a browser to Metasploitable:

a. From your host PC, open any browser.
b. In the URL bar, enter Metasploitable’s IP address.
 c. Verify that you see the home page:

7. Leave Metasploitable running.

Set Up the Kali Linux VM

Note: Keep in mind that Kali, like Metasploitable, is case sensitive.

Steps:

1. Open Kali and log in:

a. Locate and right-click the Kali Linux VM download → 7-Zip → Extract Here.
b. If necessary, launch another instance of VMware Workstation 17 Player to obtain its
Home page.
c. Click Open a Virtual Machine, browse into the extracted Kali Linux folder, select the Kali
vmx file and click Open.
d. Using the technique you learned setting up Metasploitable, ensure that the Kali
Network Adapter is set to Bridged.
e. Start the Kali VM.
f. At the login page, log in as kali with the password of kali
2. Set the root password to kali:
a. At the Kali desktop, in the upper left, click the Terminal Emulator icon to open a
terminal window.

b. In the terminal window, enter the following command:

sudo passwd root

c. You will be prompted three times for a password. For all three, enter:

kali

d. Above the Kali Desktop, in the upper right corner, click the Log Out button .
e. Verify that you can log in as root with the password of kali
f. Log out as root and log back in as kali / kali

3. Using the same technique you used when setting up Metasploitable, verify that Kali has received
a DHCP lease from your home network.
4. Record Kali’s IP address.

5. Install slowloris:
a. In the terminal window, enter the following commands, one by one:
sudo pip3 install slowloris
kali

b. Allow slowloris to install. This may take several minutes.

6. Verify that Kali can ping Metasploitable:

a. In the terminal window, enter ping <Metasploitable IP>
e.g. ping [Link]
b. After a few replies, press Ctrl+c to stop the ping (Linux does not stop pinging until you
manually stop it).

7. Return to your host PC.

8. You can either pause or shut down Metasploitable and Kali Linux.
 a. Pause:

b. Shut down:

If prompted, click Yes.

How to Use this Lab

1. The activity files are organized by module. For each activity video, open the accompanying txt
file for further instructions.
2. Activities involving Packet Tracer may or may not have a START pkt file, though all (except one)
will have a SOLUTION pkt file.
3. A few activities in Module 1 also have accompanying PDF files.

Congratulations! Your N10-009 lab is ready! Have fun!