SuperLinux Encyclopedia - Misc. Networking

Note: Some sub-topics are listed only on the home page under this subject.

Also see TCP/IP, Internet, and Network programming.

Note: For some "interoperability" with some other OSes, see Other OSes and Micro$oft. I probably should move some of the stuff into here. ??

General Subject:

• Newsgroup: comp.os.linux.networking
• Networking-Overview-HOWTO
• Freshmeat: Network Directory Service
• Freshmeat: Networking  (text)
• Freshmeat: Networking  (X11)
• Freshmeat: Networking  (Gnome)
• Freshmeat: Networking  (KDE)
• Freshmeat: Dialup Networking
• Linux Networking Utilties, Part 1  Ext2 emag article. Dec'98
• Books:
  • THE LINUX NETWORK "will get your network up and running in no time" (book from Linux Central)
• Linux at CESDIS (mostly networking stuff; good site)
• Linux LAN Information "a short and easily accessible way to find the various tools you need to use Linux in a typical LAN enviroment"
• Linux Networking News
• NC World (magazine about Network Computing)
• tcp.txt - short blurb on how TCP output takes place.
• ViewTouch, Inc. "Network Computing Tools & Applications"
• Computer Networks and Internets  U. course, book, more. (I found good stuff on RS-232.)

Misc:

• Configurable Network Parameters; kernel doc
• Freshmeat: Filesharing
• Finger:
  • Freshmeat: Finger
  • chfn: Command to change "finger" info (name,office,phones).
  • userinfo: GUI version of "chfn".
• ncsa-telnet - notes on how NCSA telnet (DOS) breaks with MTU discovery enabled.
• net-modules.txt - info and "insmod" parameters for all network driver modules.
• Netware For Linux - a review
• nsh, by Shpink  A network shell. Supposedly secure. No rlogin, etc.
• Proxy ARP Subnet mini-HOWTO  How to use proxy ARP with subnetting.
• so_bindtodevice.txt - Info on SO_BINDTODEVICE socket option
• UUCP - Unix-to-Unix CoPy:
  • UUCP HOWTO (unmaintained since 25nov95)
  • Taylor UUCP - A Tutorial
• Viewtouch Open Source (GUI for networked apps)
• Virtual Network Computing from ORL (sometimes better than X-across-nets)

Arcnet:

• arcnet-hardware.txt - tons of info on arcnet, hubs, arcnet card jumper settings, etc.
• arcnet.txt - info on the using the arcnet driver itself.

AX25:

• AX25 HOWTO How to configure AX25 networking for Linux.
• ax25.txt info on using AX.25 and NET/ROM code for Linux
• Linux, X.25, Frame Relay and Related Info (at linas.org)
• z8530drv.txt info about Linux driver for Z8530 based HDLC cards for AX.25

Headless computers:

• Headless computers have no local console (monitor, keyboard, pointer).
• HOWTO set up a Headless Computer

Diskless computers:

• Diskless mini-HOWTO  How to set up diskless Linux computers.
• NFS-Root mini-HOWTO  How to set up diskless Linux computers using NFS.
• NFS-Root-Client mini-HOWTO  How to set up diskless Linux computers using NFS.
• Detailed Root-over-NFS HOWTO  "describes the complete process of setting up diskless clients step by step"; "It also covers booting diskless clients from a cdrom with a complete install on it since this is very similar"
• nfsroot.txt  A short guide on setting up a diskless box with NFS root filesystem.
• Using Netboot, Linux and X window system  "set up a diskless workstation on a network"

File Servers:

• Network Appliance, Inc. (clever RAID file servers, etc.)

FireWire:

• Linux IEEE-1394 Driver Development Project (FireWire)
• 1394 Trade Association (FireWire)

Frame Relay:

• framerelay.txt - info on using Frame Relay/Data Link Connection Identifier (DLCI).
• Linux, X.25, Frame Relay and Related Info (at linas.org)

FTP (also see "Web Servers"):

• Misc:
  • ftpsearch - FTP search
  • ganesha  "lets you locate a file using ftpsearch and then displays multiple locations where it is available with roundtrip times and number of hops to each location" (GTK)
  • Comfortable Ftp  Dec'97 LG
• Particular FTP clients and servers:
  • BeroFTPD
  • LFTP "command line FTP client"
  • NcFTPd
  • ProFTP - Professional FTP Daemon (more secure replacement for the standard wu-ftp daemon)
  • wu-ftpd, original and VR-series.
  • WXftp  GUI FTP client. Artistic Licence.
  • XFTP  From the LLNL.
• Other lists:
  • Freshmeat: FTP Clients
  • Freshmeat: FTP

Hardware:

• Thin Clients page  Network Computers, X-terminals, etc.
• Ethernet page
• Table of NICs and Drivers
• Asa Computers, Inc.  "For computing and networking needs." [LJ ads]
• Cyclades  $; Routers with T1/E1/ISDN/Serial interfaces, etc.
• Computone Corp.  $; "Remote access & connectivity solutions" and hardware.
• Gcom, Inc.  "communication software products" & some hardware. Maintains "Linux Streams" SW. [LJ ads]
• ImageStream  "WAN Cards" 56/64 Kbps, T1/E1, T3/E3, ATM/OC3. [LJ ads]
• Linksys ($; networking HW)
• Pluris, Inc.  "Terabit Network Systems"; Very high-speed routers. I don't know if it's Linux compatible.
• Telenet System Solutions, Inc.  $; Sellers of networking hardware.

Home Networking:

• A Typical Home Network  An introduction.
• Home Networking With Linux  May'98 LG
• Low Cost Macintosh-Linux Networking at Home  Mar'98 LG
• Setting up Your In-Home (or In-Office) Network  Mar'98 LG
• small office or home office networks
• Installing Linux in a Family Network
• The FirePlug EDGE Project  "make a very minimally configured consumer PC into a basic stand alone Internet firewall, complete with address translation, proxying, and IP packet forwarding."

LDAP:

• LDAP sites (list at OpenLDAP)
• LDAP (section at linas.org; with links)
• LDAP: what it is, why you want it   & HOWTO install & use a free LDAP.
• A System Administrator's View of LDAP (essay by Bruce Markey at netscape.com)
• Critical Angle Standalone LDAP v2/v3 Server ($ & demo)
• Linux Directory Services (project to put LDAP/SSL in Linux)
• OpenLDAP "OpenLDAP is an open source suite of LDAP applications and development tools."
• Openwise's LDAP client in Java
• Ask Slashdot: Fun with LDAP
• GQ LDAP client  "It lets you do searches on any LDAP V2-compliant server. If you have sufficient access, you can also add, edit and delete entries."

Load Balancing:

• Load Balancing and NAT Info
• Linux Network Address Translation (at linas.org; also covers load balancing, more)

Monitoring the Network:

• BigBen:
  • BigBen (Network Monitoring SW; Web enabled)
    Also here
  • BigBen: Network Monitor Utility  May'98 LG
• Big Brother:
  • Big Brother  "Systems and Network Monitor"; web browser UI.
  • Big Brother Network Monitoring System  Mar'97 LG
• iptraf - a network statistics utility  "IP-oriented network statistics utility that intercepts packets passing over network interfaces and produces wide range of statistics including TCP connection information, IP, TCP, UDP, and other protocol packet and byte counts, interface loads, and TCP/UDP traffic counts by port. It also includes a LAN monitoring facility and a traffic breakdown by packet size."
• mon - Service Monitoring Daemon
• Monitoring a link with SNMP
• NetTracker  $ "Internet and Intranet usage tracking program"
• Pload  "Display ppp, and for Linux 2.2 any network interface statistics in an X window."
• RITW  "small set of scripts that allow any user to monitor network status using a common browser"
• Other: pppload, kpppload, and pppstats.

NFS:

• NFS HOWTO (How to set up NFS clients and servers.)
• /etc/exports tool (Tcl/Tk tool to manage NFS "exports" file.)

Remote operations:

• Remote X Apps mini-HOWTO How to run remote X applications.
• Remote Boot mini-HOWTO How to set up a server-based boot selector.
• Running Remote X Sessions on Windows 95/98/NT/Mac/PPC Clients  Sep'98 LG
• ssh, telnet, etc: tbd
• X traffic compression (/.): If you're not using any compressor on your X connections, you definitely should. I think your options are dxpc, ssh, and lbxproxy. I used to use dxpc, but ssh (with the compression turned on!) seems to be nearly as good, and it's simple and secure. XEmacs is very usable over a 40k ppp line with ssh, for example. [ I've heard of LBX also. ]
• xringd - allows you to control your computer by sending different ring patterns
• DoubleVision  $; From Tridia; Remote control of computers.

Routing:

• DHCP:
  • DHCPcd mini-HOWTO (How to setup a DHCP client (dhcpcd))
  • DHCP FAQ 
  • DHCP  As maintained by ISC.
• DNS (Domain Name Service):
  • DNS HOWTO How to set up DNS.
  • DNS & Domain Name Servers - An Introduction
  • BIND  As maintained by ISC.
  • Freshmeat: DNS
  • Setting up a part-time caching DNS server
  • Dents  "a server for the DNS protocol"
  • Ask Slashdot: International DNS Wackiness
  • Updatehosts (FTP dir)  "system for automatically managing and generating DNS zone files"
• NIS (Network Information Service):
  • NIS HOWTO Information on using NIS/YP on Linux systems.
  • NIS - An Introduction
  • ypserv  YP Server SW; contains ypserv, ypxfr, rpc.ypxfrd, rpc.yppasswdd, yppush, ypinit, revnetgroup, makedbm and /var/yp/Makefile.
  • nis-utils  "a snapshot of various sources for rpc.nisd, keyserv and other NIS+ tools"; lots here
• Ask Slashdot: Can Cisco's ISL Run Over an SONET ring?

Samba, SMB:

• Samba notes "notes on using the Samba file server on a Redhat 5+ Linux system"
• Samba mini-HOWTO
• SMB HOWTO How to use the Session Message Block (SMB) protocol with Linux.
• Samba Step by Step Guide
• LinPopUp "A Linux enhanced port of Winpopup, running over Samba"
• More Adventures with SAMBA  Jan'98 LG
• pam_smb "a PAM module which allows authentication of UNIX users using an NT server"
• tkSMB (GUI for Samba)
• Using SAMBA to Mount Windows  Jul'97 LG
• Samba: Integrating Unix and Windows  Book.

SNMP - Simple Network Management Protocol:

• Freshmeat: SNMP
• CMU SNMP Project  SNMP agent and tools. With more links and info.
• SNMP and Shell Scripts  Aug'96 LG
• Monitoring a link with SNMP

Token-rings:

• Token Ring mini-HOWTO  How to use token ring cards.
• Olicom  Token-ring adapter cards with Linux drivers.

VPN - Virtual Private Networking (also see "PPTP") and IPSec (IP Security):

• VPN mini-HOWTO How to set up a VPN (Virtual Private Network).
• Aventail  $; has VPN products, other.
• ICE.PPN  $; Portable Private Network; Windows-Unix connectivity.
• VPS -Virtual Private Server   Secure VPN (using ssh) from LinuxCare's Strong Crypto division.
• Luna VPN"cryptographic accelerator for Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) and Internet Key Exchange (IKE), which solves the VPN bottleneck problem" at > T3 speeds.
• PoPToP the free Virtual Private Network 
• vpnd  "a daemon which connects two networks on network level either via TCP/IP or a (virtual) leased line attached to a serial interface."; optional encryption.

Related general products and services:

• Watchguard
• M-Tech - Mercury Information Technology, Inc. "network services and products" (has Linux links on home page)

Work Group SW:

• Also see Database page for SW tightly associated with a database.
• Note: This stuff usually runs on an intranet, but some might use the Internet or other LAN or WAN protocols.
• BSCW - Basic Support for Cooperative Work  "a 'shared workspace' system which supports document upload, event notification, group management and much more."

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