Linux Network Administrators Guide

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Content
Linux Network Administrators Guide
Table of Contents
Preface
Purpose and Audience for This Book
Sources of Information
Documentation Available via FTP
Documentation Available via WWW
Documentation Available Commercially
Linux Journal and Linux Magazine
Linux Usenet Newsgroups
Linux Mailing Lists
Online Linux Support
Linux User Groups
Obtaining Linux
File System Standards
Standard Linux Base
About This Book
The Official Printed Version
Overview
Conventions Used in This Book
Submitting Changes
Acknowledgments
The Hall of Fame
1. Introduction to Networking
History
TCP/IP Networks
Introduction to TCP/IP Networks
Ethernets
Other Types of Hardware
The Internet Protocol
IP Over Serial LinesThe Transmission Control Protocol
The User Datagram Protocol
More on Ports
The Socket Library
UUCP Networks
Linux Networking
Different Streaks of Development
Where to Get the Code
Maintaining Your System
System Security
2. Issues of TCP/IP Networking
Networking Interfaces
IP Addresses
Address Resolution
IP Routing
IP Networks
Subnetworks
Gateways
The Routing Table
Metric Values
The Internet Control Message Protocol
Resolving Host Names
3. Configuringthe NetworkingHardware
Kernel Configuration
Kernel Options in Linux 2.0 and Higher
Kernel Networking Options in Linux 2.0.0 and Higher
A Tour of Linux Network Devices
Ethernet Installation
Ethernet Autoprobing
The PLIP Driver
The PPP and SLIP Drivers
Other Network Types
4. Configuring the Serial Hardware…