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Linux for Networking Professionals
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Linux for Networking Professionals

by Rob VandenBrink
November 2021
Beginner
528 pages
11h 44m
English
Packt Publishing
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Chapter 2: Basic Linux Network Configuration and Operations – Working with Local Interfaces

In this chapter, we'll explore how to display and configure local interfaces and routes on your Linux host. As much as possible we'll discuss both the new and legacy commands for performing these operations. This will include displaying and modifying IP addressing, local routes, and other interface parameters. Along the way, we'll discuss how IP addresses and subnet addresses are constructed using a binary approach.

This chapter should give you a solid foundation for topics we cover in the later chapters, troubleshooting networking problems, hardening our host, and installing secure services.

The topics covered in this chapter are as follows:

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