<HTML ><HEAD ><TITLE >Prior knowledge</TITLE ><META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="Modular DocBook HTML Stylesheet Version 1.7"><LINK REL="HOME" TITLE="Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO" HREF="index.html"><LINK REL="UP" TITLE="Introduction" HREF="lartc.intro.html"><LINK REL="PREVIOUS" TITLE="Disclaimer & License" HREF="lartc.intro.disclaimer.html"><LINK REL="NEXT" TITLE="What Linux can do for you" HREF="lartc.intro.linux.html"></HEAD ><BODY CLASS="SECT1" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#000000" LINK="#0000FF" VLINK="#840084" ALINK="#0000FF" ><DIV CLASS="NAVHEADER" ><TABLE SUMMARY="Header navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TH COLSPAN="3" ALIGN="center" >Linux Advanced Routing & Traffic Control HOWTO</TH ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="lartc.intro.disclaimer.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="80%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="bottom" >Chapter 2. Introduction</TD ><TD WIDTH="10%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="bottom" ><A HREF="lartc.intro.linux.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ></TABLE ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"></DIV ><DIV CLASS="SECT1" ><H1 CLASS="SECT1" ><A NAME="LARTC.INTRO.PRIOR" ></A >2.2. Prior knowledge</H1 ><P >As the title implies, this is the <SPAN CLASS="QUOTE" >"Advanced"</SPAN > HOWTO. While by no means rocket science, some prior knowledge is assumed. </P ><P >Here are some other references which might help teach you more: <P ></P ><DIV CLASS="VARIABLELIST" ><DL ><DT ><A HREF="http://netfilter.samba.org/unreliable-guides/networking-concepts-HOWTO/index.html" TARGET="_top" > Rusty Russell's networking-concepts-HOWTO</A ></DT ><DD ><P >Very nice introduction, explaining what a network is, and how it is connected to other networks. </P ></DD ><DT >Linux Networking-HOWTO (Previously the Net-3 HOWTO)</DT ><DD ><P >Great stuff, although very verbose. It teaches you a lot of stuff that's already configured if you are able to connect to the Internet. Should be located in <TT CLASS="FILENAME" >/usr/doc/HOWTO/NET3-4-HOWTO.txt</TT > but can be also be found <A HREF="http://www.linuxports.com/howto/networking" TARGET="_top" >online</A >. </P ></DD ></DL ></DIV ></P ></DIV ><DIV CLASS="NAVFOOTER" ><HR ALIGN="LEFT" WIDTH="100%"><TABLE SUMMARY="Footer navigation table" WIDTH="100%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="lartc.intro.disclaimer.html" ACCESSKEY="P" >Prev</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="index.html" ACCESSKEY="H" >Home</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="lartc.intro.linux.html" ACCESSKEY="N" >Next</A ></TD ></TR ><TR ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top" >Disclaimer & License</TD ><TD WIDTH="34%" ALIGN="center" VALIGN="top" ><A HREF="lartc.intro.html" ACCESSKEY="U" >Up</A ></TD ><TD WIDTH="33%" ALIGN="right" VALIGN="top" >What Linux can do for you</TD ></TR ></TABLE ></DIV ></BODY ></HTML >