<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 3.2 Final//EN"> <HTML> <HEAD> <META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="SGML-Tools 1.0.9"> <TITLE>Linux Networking-HOWTO (Previously the Net-3 Howto)</TITLE> <LINK HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-1.html" REL=next> </HEAD> <BODY> <A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents <HR> <H1>Linux Networking-HOWTO (Previously the Net-3 Howto)</H1> <H2>Current Author: <EM>unmaintained</EM></H2>v1.5, August 1999<P>Original Authors: Terry Dawson (main author), VK2KTJ; Alessandro Rubini (maintainer) <P>Former Maintainer: Joshua Drake (Poet) <P>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. <P> <P> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc1">1.</A> <A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-1.html">Introduction.</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc2">2.</A> <A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-2.html">Document History</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-2.html#ss2.1">2.1 Feedback</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc3">3.</A> <A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-3.html">How to use this HOWTO.</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.1">3.1 Conventions used in this document</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc4">4.</A> <A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-4.html">General Information about Linux Networking.</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.1">4.1 A brief history of Linux Networking Kernel Development.</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.2">4.2 Linux Networking Resources.</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-4.html#ss4.3">4.3 Where to get some non-linux-specific network information.</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc5">5.</A> <A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-5.html">Generic Network Configuration Information.</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.1">5.1 What do I need to start ?</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.2">5.2 Where should I put the configuration commands ?</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.3">5.3 Creating your network interfaces.</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.4">5.4 Configuring a network interface.</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.5">5.5 Configuring your Name Resolver.</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.6">5.6 Configuring your loopback interface.</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.7">5.7 Routing.</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.8">5.8 Configuring your network servers and services.</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.9">5.9 Other miscellaneous network related configuration files.</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-5.html#ss5.10">5.10 Network Security and access control.</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc6">6.</A> <A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-6.html">IP- and Ethernet-Related Information</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.1">6.1 Ethernet</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.2">6.2 EQL - multiple line traffic equaliser</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.3">6.3 IP Accounting (for Linux-2.0)</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.4">6.4 IP Accounting (for Linux-2.2)</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.5">6.5 IP Aliasing</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.6">6.6 IP Firewall (for Linux-2.0)</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.7">6.7 IP Firewall (for Linux-2.2)</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.8">6.8 IPIP Encapsulation</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.9">6.9 IP Masquerade</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.10">6.10 IP Transparent Proxy</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.11">6.11 IPv6</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.12">6.12 Mobile IP</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.13">6.13 Multicast</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.14">6.14 NAT - Network Address Translation</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.15">6.15 Traffic Shaper - Changing allowed bandwidth</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.16">6.16 Routing in Linux-2.2</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc7">7.</A> <A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-7.html">Using common PC hardware</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.1">7.1 ISDN</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.2">7.2 PLIP for Linux-2.0</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.3">7.3 PLIP for Linux-2.2</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.4">7.4 PPP</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.5">7.5 SLIP client</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-7.html#ss7.6">7.6 SLIP server.</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc8">8.</A> <A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-8.html">Other Network Technologies</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.1">8.1 ARCNet</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.2">8.2 Appletalk (<CODE>AF_APPLETALK</CODE>)</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.3">8.3 ATM</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.4">8.4 AX25 (<CODE>AF_AX25</CODE>)</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.5">8.5 DECNet</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.6">8.6 FDDI</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.7">8.7 Frame Relay</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.8">8.8 IPX (<CODE>AF_IPX</CODE>)</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.9">8.9 NetRom (<CODE>AF_NETROM</CODE>)</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.10">8.10 Rose protocol (<CODE>AF_ROSE</CODE>)</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.11">8.11 SAMBA - `NetBEUI', `NetBios', `CIFS' support.</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.12">8.12 STRIP support (Starmode Radio IP)</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.13">8.13 Token Ring</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.14">8.14 X.25</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-8.html#ss8.15">8.15 WaveLan Card</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc9">9.</A> <A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-9.html">Cables and Cabling</A></H2> <UL> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-9.html#ss9.1">9.1 Serial NULL Modem cable</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-9.html#ss9.2">9.2 Parallel port cable (PLIP cable)</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-9.html#ss9.3">9.3 10base2 (thin coax) Ethernet Cabling</A> <LI><A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-9.html#ss9.4">9.4 Twisted Pair Ethernet Cable</A> </UL> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc10">10.</A> <A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-10.html">Glossary of Terms used in this document.</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc11">11.</A> <A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-11.html">Linux for an ISP ?</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc12">12.</A> <A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-12.html">Acknowledgements</A></H2> <P> <H2><A NAME="toc13">13.</A> <A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-13.html">Copyright.</A></H2> <HR> <A HREF="NET3-4-HOWTO-1.html">Next</A> Previous Contents </BODY> </HTML>