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
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
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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