Technical data

3.2.1 Setting Up Your Host for PPP Connections ..................... 3–4
3.2.1.1 Installing the Terminal Driver ............................ 3–4
3.2.1.2 Configuring the Modem . ................................ 3–5
3.2.1.3 Setting Up an Asynchronous Port . . ....................... 3–6
3.2.1.4 Configuring a PPP Interface ............................. 3–7
3.2.1.5 Enabling IP Forwarding (Dialup Provider Only) .............. 3–7
3.2.1.6 Initiating a PPP Connection ............................. 3–8
3.2.2 Removing the PPP Configuration ............................. 3–9
3.3 Setting Up a SLIP Interface . . . ................................ 3–9
3.3.1 Setting Up Hard-Wired SLIP Lines ........................... 3–11
3.3.2 Setting Up SLIP Dialup Lines ............................... 3–11
3.3.3 Setting Up Your Host as a SLIP Dialup Provider . ............... 3–13
3.3.4 Connecting a Host to the LAN ............................... 3–13
3.3.5 Setting Up a SLIP Gateway with Proxy ARP ................... 3–14
3.3.6 Shutting Down SLIP ...................................... 3–14
3.4 Solving Serial Line Problems . . . ................................ 3–14
3.4.1 Solving PPP Problems ..................................... 3–16
4 Configuring Routing
4.1 Key Concepts ............................................... 4–1
4.1.1 Static Routing . . . ........................................ 4–1
4.1.2 Dynamic Routing . ........................................ 4–1
4.1.2.1 Routing Daemon (ROUTED) ............................. 4–2
4.1.2.2 Gateway Routing Daemon (GATED) ....................... 4–2
4.2 Configuring Static Routes ..................................... 4–3
4.2.1 Creating a Default Route . . . ................................ 4–3
4.2.2 Manually Defining Static Routes ............................. 4–3
4.2.2.1 Examples ............................................ 4–4
4.2.3 Displaying Manually Defined Routes . . . ....................... 4–5
4.3 Enabling and Disabling Dynamic Routing . . ....................... 4–6
4.4 Configuring GATED . . ........................................ 4–6
4.4.1 Datagram Reassembly Time ................................ 4–7
4.4.2 Enabling Forwarding ...................................... 4–7
4.4.3 Extending Routing ........................................ 4–8
4.4.4 Interface Routes . . ........................................ 4–9
4.4.5 Manually Configuring a Hardware Address ..................... 4–10
Part 2 BIND
5 Configuring and Managing BIND
5.1 Key Concepts ............................................... 5–2
5.1.1 How the Resolver and Name Server Work Together .............. 5–2
5.1.2 Common BIND Configurations ............................... 5–2
5.1.2.1 Master Servers........................................ 5–3
5.1.2.2 Slave Servers . ........................................ 5–3
5.1.2.3 Caching-Only Servers . . ................................ 5–3
5.1.2.4 Forwarder Servers ..................................... 5–3
5.2 Migrating to BIND 8.1 ........................................ 5–4
5.2.1 Navigating Two Different BIND Environments . . . ............... 5–4
5.3 Configuring the BIND Server (BIND 8.1) . . ....................... 5–5
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