Chapter FIFTEEN. Basic IP Configuration

     

Chapter Syllabus

15.1 Basic Networking Kernel Parameters

15.2 Data-Link Level Testing

15.3 Changing Your MAC Address

15.4 Link Speed and Auto-Negotiation

15.5 What's in an IP Address?

15.6 Subnetting

15.7 Static Routes

15.8 The netconf File

15.9 Dynamic IP Allocation: RARP and DHCP

15.10 Performing a Basic Network Trace

15.11 Modifying Network Parameters with ndd

15.12 IP Multiplexing

15.13 The 128-Bit IP Address: IPv6

15.14 Automatic Port Aggregation (APA)

This chapter reviews how we configure Basic IP functionality. It contains a discussion on MAC addresses and how we associate a MAC address with an IP address: the ARP protocol as well as RARP. We also discuss the emergence of IPv6 and the implications of supporting it in our networks.

Basic IP functionality also includes the ability to use DHCP to assign IP configuration parameters to machines on our network. In Chapter 17, "Domain Name System (DNS)," we expand the discussion of DHCP to include its coexistence with DNS.

We discuss the ability to perform a basic network trace in order to perform basic TCP/IP troubleshooting. We do not extend this discussion to the make-up of individual packets but simply performing the trace so that a Response Center Network Specialist can interpret the trace for potential problems.

We also discuss the times when we need to use the ndd command to change network- related parameters in the kernel; these can have dramatic effects on the way our machines react to certain network events.

Finally, we discuss other linkage technologies available to HP-UX to broaden the scope of their acceptance in an ever-changing networking landscape.



HP-UX CSE(c) Official Study Guide and Desk Reference
HP-UX CSE(c) Official Study Guide and Desk Reference
ISBN: N/A
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Year: 2006
Pages: 434

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