A good Linux networking book.

[YourSurrogateGod]

I'm a total n00b when it comes to networking in general and especially in Linux (I can proudly say that I know that you can find your IP address with ifconfig in a terminal :) .)

I would like to get up to speed on this. Not only would I like to get a good understanding of how things work (how DNS, NFS, TCP/IP work, etc.) but also the commands on how to set this up (how to export partitions, what the different config files do, what they mean and how to change settings.)

It would be great if it was a very reputable publisher such as O'Reilly, those books are ubiquitous. Also, I'd like something that is not distro-specific (I'd like to be able to do the same thing - more or less - on a Red Hat PC, Ubuntu or Gentoo.) Any suggestions?

[Iehova]

How about http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596102487/ , according to Linux Format it's very comprehensive.

[YourSurrogateGod]

How about http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/9780596102487/ , according to Linux Format it's very comprehensive.

Pardon my ignorance, but what's "Linux Format"?

And thank you for the link.

[cprofitt]

That is the book I have -- I would say it if very good.

[Matt Yun]

O'Reilly also posts Linux Network Administrator's Guide (2000, 2nd ed.) (http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linag2/book/index.html) online for free.

See Free GNU/Linux Books (http://www.freetechbooks.com/forum-7.html) for more free online texts.

[Sceiron]

Hello.
I want to add a question to this thread. I'm going to be "offline" for a week, and want to read up on some stuff.
Is it possible to Print these books in some way? not printing each page, but the whole book?

Lets say i wanna print this book, and use it as an example:
http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/linag2/book/index.html

[mips]

Pardon my ignorance, but what's "Linux Format"?


The best linux magazine on the planet, http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/