LINUX® Network Toolkit [Paperback]

Paul G. Sery (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 27, 1998 | ISBN-10: 0764531468 | ISBN-13: 978-0764531460 | Edition: 1

The Linux operating system is a free product and a derivation of UNIX. This text provides software products and hands-on answers needed to build a Linux network. It shows how to implement, configure, manage and maintain a network without breaking the bank.

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Amazon.com Review

This guide covers installation and configuration of Red Hat 5.0. The first part of the book details how to install Red Hat and set up a simple network. Later sections describe how to set up Samba for a shared Linux-Windows 95 network and how to set up an Internet connection. It also includes a section on network administration and security.

For those users who want to use the Red Hat version of Linux, this book is an excellent resource. The included CD-ROM contains Red Hat 5.0, an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client, the Apache Web Server, numerous Unix applications, and programming tools. Given the popularity of Red Hat, this may be the best book for the intermediate computer user who wants to run Linux on a PC. --Robert Frankland

Product Details

• Paperback: 596 pages
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons; 1 edition (April 27, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764531468
• ISBN-13: 978-0764531460
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 7 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #549,904 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not really a Linux network book..., September 12, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: LINUX® Network Toolkit (Paperback)

Linux Network Toolkit is not bad, but it is not particularly useful for those of us who actually want to contruct a network of Linux computers. This book is useful for those who want to network a bunch of Win95 machines with one Linux/Samba server.

There is less than one page devoted to setting up a Linux client (part of pages 407 and 408). The author covers this setup by writing, "I leave it up to you to configure a Linux box as a client."

Buy this book if you want to connect Win9X clients to a Samba server, and if you want to do so with an outdated kernel with the intent to upgrade after you learn the fundamentals.

If you want to to build a network of Linux machines, and intend to use NFS, keep shopping.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Introduction to Linux Networking, March 1, 2000

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This review is from: LINUX® Network Toolkit (Paperback)

I purchased this book for two reasons, firewalling and samba. Both areas are covered quite well at an introductory level but the books is beginning to show its age. All of the firewalling and masquerading information is dated because it utilizes the usage of ipfwadm and since the book was published, ipchains has become somewhat of the standard for ip filtering under Linux.

But don't get me wrong, the book is well written and if you are using an older distribution of Linux, it will be quite handy.

Also, there are some great sections on beginner level functions of linux as well.

Overall, I would say it is a must have for the libraries of Beginner to Intermediate Linux users.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great for Linux and Windows networking, February 16, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: LINUX® Network Toolkit (Paperback)

This book fills a gap in the Linux/Windows space. It does not assume that you know anything about Linux or Windows and will walk you through such problems as networking the two systems together, setting up a Linux box as a server for your Windows network, etc. One of the more useful things you can do is set up a Linux box as the gaeway/firewall to the internet. I have such a setup for my company - I have one machine which talks to the net over DSL and a bunch of machines hidden behind that one machine. You can also set up Linux to alias as several hosts, my box is acting as bitmover.com, bitkeeper.com, and mcvoy.com.

This book is just the ticket if you need to make Linux work as your gateway and/or have Linux act as your file/print/DNS/mail server for your network of Windows machines.