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Linux and Unix are OS' which are very common in networking, hacking, and server management. The use of open source OS' will vastly increase your ability to solve problems, learn to understand what hackers are doing, create low cost solutions, develop tools, etc. Cisco, etc. are mostly command line interfaces (CLI) and you will need to start developing your skill sets to work in those areas.
The cislab.rwu.edu has been setup with the idea that you can learn to work at the command line (as opposed to clicking on the clown's mouth type OS') and thus better develop your liklihood of being a successful IT worker in the future.
This lab is simple and mostly to ensure you have access. You should already know all of this material. First you need a way of using SSH (secure shell) to connect to port 22 on cislab. Putty is a simple binary that you can get for free at this site. . Putty is also available on the tools page.
When you use putty, you need to connect via the encrypted packet stream ssh to port 22 (this is all by default). Connect to cislab.rwu.edu and log in with the account you were given in class. When it asks you to accept the key, you can.
Now the lab.
First, you need to change your password. Use the passwd command to do this. Change it to something you can remember.
Now, explore a little. You type after the > First:
>ls -al
//report on what you find
> ps -ax
//report on what you find
>man ps
//report
>man ls
//report
>man man
//report
>man vim
//report
Use vim to do the following:
>touch myFile.sh
>vim myFile.sh
//edit the file and type in a comment
#this is my file
//save the file with vim :wq
Be sure and document your findings in your lab manual.