Networking Guide
Chapter 1, Networking overview

Types of networking maintenance tasks

Types of networking maintenance tasks

After you decide how your machine fits into the network, you need to install and configure the appropriate protocol packages as described in Chapter 1, ``Configuring network connections'' in Configuring Network Connections. You also need to update the networking files on other machines so that they know of the new machine's existence. This configuration ensures, among other things, that:

Common tasks that you will perform to ensure these goals include: