Chapter 20. Network Configuration

This chapter covers the following topics:

This chapter covers the following exam objective:

  • Objective 1.3: Given a scenario, configure and verify network connection parameters.

Without network connectivity, modern Linux systems will seem about as useful as a doorstop (and your users are likely to use them for just that). As an administrator, you are tasked with configuring systems to connect not only to the local network but to the Internet. This requires understanding things like IP addresses, subnetting, and gateways.

In this chapter you learn the basic concepts of networking, how to display networking information, ...

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