A Practical Guide to Red Hat Linux: Fedora Core and Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Second Edition

Chapter 10. Networking and the Internet

IN THIS CHAPTER
Types of Networks and How They Work
Network Protocols
Network Utilities
ping: Tests a Network Connection
traceroute: Traces a Route over the Internet
host and dig: Queries Internet Nameservers
Distributed Computing
Usenet
WWW: World Wide Web

The communications facilities linking computers are continually improving, allowing faster and more economical connections. The earliest computers were unconnected stand-alone machines. To transfer information from one system to another, you had to store it in some form (usually magnetic tape, paper tape, or punch cards—called IBM or Hollerith cards), carry it to a compatible system, and read it back in. A notable advance occurred when computers began ...