TCP/IP Network Administration, Second Edition, is a complete guide to setting up and running a TCP/IP network for administrators of networks of systems, or for users of home systems that access the Internet. It starts with the fundamentals: what the protocols do and how they work, how addresses and routing are used to move data through the network, and how to set up your network connection. Beyond basic setup, this new second edition discusses advanced routing protocols (RIPv2, OSPF, and BGP) and the gated software package that implements them. It also provides a tutorial on how to configure important network services, including PPP, SLIP, sendmail, Domain Name Service (DNS), BOOTP and DHCP configuration servers, and some simple setups for NIS and NFS. There are also chapters on troubleshooting and security. In addition, this book is a command and syntax reference for several important packages including pppd, dip, gated, named, dhcpd, and sendmail. Covers Linux, BSD, and System V TCP/IP implementations.

Contents include:

Overview of TCP/IP
Delivering the data
Network services
Getting started
Basic configuration
Configuring the interface
Configuring routing
Configuring DNS
Configuring network servers
sendmail
Troubleshooting TCP/IP
Network security
Internet information resources
Appendixes include: dip, pppd, and chat reference; a gated reference; a named reference; a dhcpd reference; and a sendmail reference