Networking Guide
Chapter 1, Networking overview

Configuring TCP/IP

Configuring TCP/IP

To configure TCP/IP, you must:


You may also want to implement subnetworks or serial line gateways as described in Chapter 3, ``Administering TCP/IP''. Subnetworks provide a mechanism that enables several local networks to appear as a single Internet network to off-site hosts. Subnetworks are useful because they allow a site to hide the local topology, requiring only a single route in external gateways. Other benefits include: You can configure a machine to serve as a gateway between a SLIP network and an Ethernet network; the same procedure can be used for PPP/Ethernet, SLIP/Token-Ring, and PPP/Token-Ring gateways. This procedure entails: