Linux Networking
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The Linux Operating System boasts kernel based networking support written almost entirely from scratch. The performance of the tcp/ip implementation in recent kernels makes it a worthy alternative to even the best of its peers. This document aims to describe how to install and configure the Linux networking software and associated tools.
General Information
- A brief history of Linux Networking Kernel Development
- Linux Networking Resource
- Where to get some non-linux specific network information
Generic Network Configuration Information
- What do I need to start?
- Where should I put the configuration commands?
- Creating your network interfaces
- Configuring a network interface
- Configuring your Name Resolver
- Configuring your loopback interface
- Routing
- Configuring your network servers and services
IP- and Ethernet-Related Information
- IP- and Ethernet-Related Information
- EQL - multiple line traffic equaliser
- IP Accounting (for Linux-2.0)
- IP Accounting (for Linux-2.2)
- IP Aliasing
- IP Firewall (for Linux-2.0)
- IP Firewall (for Linux-2.2)
- IPIP Encapsulation
- IP Masquerade
- IP Transparent Proxy
- IPv6
- Mobile IP
- Multicast
- NAT - Network Address Translation
- Traffic Shaper - Changing allowed bandwidth
- Routing in Linux-2.2
Using common PC hardware
Other Network Technologies
- Other Network Technologies
- ARCNet
- Appletalk (AF_APPLETALK)
- ATM
- AX25 (AF_AX25)
- DECNet
- FDDI
- Frame Relay
- IPX (AF_IPX)
- NetRom (AF_NETROM)
- Rose protocol (AF_ROSE)
- SAMBA - NetBEUI, NetBios, CIFS support
- STRIP support (Starmode Radio IP)
- Token Ring
- X.25
- WaveLan Card
Cables and Cabling
- Cables and Cabling
- Serial NULL Modem cable
- Parallel port cable (PLIP cable)
- 10base2 (thin coax) Ethernet Cabling
- Twisted Pair Ethernet Cable
Appendices
Contributors
- Phoe6
- Terry Dawson
- Axel Boldt
- Arnt Gulbrandsen
- Gary Allpike
- Cees de Groot
- Alan Cox
- Jonathon Naylor
- Claes Ensson
- Ron Nessim
- John Minack
- Jean-Pierre Cocatrix
- Erez Strauss
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