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<B> Next:</B> <A NAME=tex2html4442 HREF="node209.html">5.3.2.1 Your network configuration</A>
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<B> Previous:</B> <A NAME=tex2html4434 HREF="node207.html">5.3.1 Hardware Requirements</A>
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<H2><A NAME=SECTION00732000000000000000>5.3.2 Configuring TCP/IP on your system</A></H2>
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In this section we're going to discuss how to configure an Ethernet
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TCP/IP connection on your system. Note that this method should work for
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many systems, but certainly not all. This discussion should be enough
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to get you on the right path to configuring the network parameters of
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your machine, but there are numerous caveats and fine details not mentioned
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here. We direct you to the <em>Linux Network Administrators' Guide</em>
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and the NET-2-HOWTO for more information.<A NAME=tex2html947 HREF="footnode.html#5721"><IMG ALIGN=BOTTOM ALT="gif" SRC="foot_motif.gif"></A>
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First of all, we assume that you have a Linux system that has the TCP/IP
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software installed. This includes basic clients such as <tt>telnet</tt>
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and <tt>ftp</tt>, system administration commands such as <tt>ifconfig</tt>
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and <tt>route</tt> (usually found in <tt>/etc</tt>), and networking configuration
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files (such as <tt>/etc/hosts</tt>). The other Linux-related networking
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documents described above explain how to go about installing the
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Linux networking software if you do not have it already.
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We also assume that your kernel has been configured and compiled with
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TCP/IP support enabled. See Section <A HREF="node179.html#secsysadmupgrade">4.7</A> for information
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on compiling your kernel. To enable networking, you must answer ``yes'' to the
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appropriate questions during the <tt>make config</tt> step, and rebuild the
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kernel.
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Once this has been done, you must modify a number of configuration
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files used by NET-2. For the most part this is a simple procedure.
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Unfortunately, however, there is wide disagreement between Linux
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distributions as to where the various TCP/IP configuration files
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and support programs should go. Much of the time, they can be found
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in <tt>/etc</tt>, but in other cases may be found in <tt>/usr/etc</tt>,
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<tt>/usr/etc/inet</tt>, or other bizarre locations. In the worst case
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you'll have to use the <tt>find</tt> command to locate the files on your
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system. Also note that not all distributions keep the NET-2 configuration
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files and software in the same location---they may be spread across
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several directories.
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The following information applies primarily to Ethernet connections.
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If you're planning to use SLIP, read this section to understand the
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concepts, and follow the SLIP-specific instructions in the following
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section.
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<LI> <A NAME=tex2html4445 HREF="node209.html#SECTION00732100000000000000">5.3.2.1 Your network configuration</A>
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<LI> <A NAME=tex2html4446 HREF="node210.html#SECTION00732200000000000000">5.3.2.2 The networking rc files</A>
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<LI> <A NAME=tex2html4447 HREF="node211.html#SECTION00732300000000000000">5.3.2.3 /etc/hosts</A>
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<LI> <A NAME=tex2html4448 HREF="node212.html#SECTION00732400000000000000">5.3.2.4 /etc/networks</A>
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<LI> <A NAME=tex2html4449 HREF="node213.html#SECTION00732500000000000000">5.3.2.5 /etc/host.conf</A>
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<LI> <A NAME=tex2html4450 HREF="node214.html#SECTION00732600000000000000">5.3.2.6 /etc/resolv.conf</A>
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<LI> <A NAME=tex2html4451 HREF="node215.html#SECTION00732700000000000000">5.3.2.7 Setting your hostname</A>
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<LI> <A NAME=tex2html4452 HREF="node216.html#SECTION00732800000000000000">5.3.2.8 Trying it out</A>
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<B> Next:</B> <A NAME=tex2html4442 HREF="node209.html">5.3.2.1 Your network configuration</A>
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<B>Up:</B> <A NAME=tex2html4440 HREF="node206.html">5.3 Networking with TCP/IP</A>
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<B> Previous:</B> <A NAME=tex2html4434 HREF="node207.html">5.3.1 Hardware Requirements</A>
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<P><ADDRESS>
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<I>Matt Welsh <BR>
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mdw@sunsite.unc.edu</I>
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