Connectivity

• 1 Configuring An FTP Server
• 2 Dial-up Networking
  • 2.1 Via DSL/ADSL/Cable
  • 2.2 Via ISDN
  • 2.3 Via Modem
• 3 Internet Connection Sharing
• 4 Local File Sharing
  • 4.1 Establishing A Local TCP/IP Network
  • 4.2 Via ~AppleTalk / Netatalk
  • 4.3 Via IPX
  • 4.4 Via NFS
  • 4.5 Via SAMBA
• 5 Mail The Unix Way
• 6 Netips
• 7 One-Pagers

Other Sections : Administration, Basics, Hardware, Installation, Resources, Security, Troubleshooting, Utils & Apps, X

Configuring An FTP Server

This article shows you how to set up the ProFTPd FTP server.

Page One:

• When To Use FTP - And When Not
• Installation
• Basic Anon FTP Configuration
• Testing
• Troubleshooting

Page Two:

• Allowing Anonymous Uploads
• Authenticated FTP
• More Security

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Dial-up Networking

Via DSL/ADSL/Cable

ADSL Via PPPoE (new - last updated for Mandriva 2006).

PPP connection troubleshooting

Connect Adsl Troubleshooting

DSL Via PPPoE (Contribution, old) {Jan. 03, 01}

Cable Modems (Contribution, old) &July 25, 00}

Via ISDN

Page One:

• ISDN Terminal Adapters (TA)
• Supported cards
• ISDN Basic Setup
• Testing The Connection

Page Two:

• ISDN For Users
• Dial On Demand
• Troubleshooting
• An ISDN-Dialer

Via Modem

Page One:

• Preparations
• Setting Up The Connection Files

Page Two:

• Testing Your Configuration
• Running pppd As A User
• Running Programs After Connect/Disconnect
• Making pppd Connect Automatically

Page Three (Troubleshooting):

• Generating Error-Logs
• Modem doesn't react at all
• Modem does react, but doesn't dial
• Modem dials every second time only
• Modem does react and dial, but it drops the connection immediately
• Modem does react, dials but drops connection after 20 seconds
• Connection establishes, holds, but you can't get anywhere

Page Four (Dial-up LAN):

• Connecting A LAN Via Dial-up
• Getting the Software
• Dialer Setup
• DNS Cache Setup

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Internet Connection Sharing

This article shows you how to set up the servers and clients for using one internet connection together.

Page One:

• How To Use a Windows Connection With Linux

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Local File Sharing

Establishing A Local TCP/IP Network

TCP/IP is the foundation of all local network services.

Page One (Theory):

• Hardware
• Protocol
• Addresses I: Numbers
• Addresses II: Names
• Routing

Page Two (Practice):

• Writing A hosts File
• MS Windows
• Linux
• Mac OS X
• Conclusion

Via ~AppleTalk / Netatalk

~AppleTalk is a network file and printer sharing protocol for Macintosh computers (pre Mac OS X).

Netatalk {May 14, 02}

Via IPX

IPX is a network protocol used by the Netware operating system.

IPX with Linux-Mandrake (Contribution,old) {Dec. 12, 99}

Via NFS

NFS is an easy way to share files between machines running Unix across a trusted network. Here's how to set it up.

Page One:

• Setting Up The Server
• Testing Your Setup

Page Two:

• Customizing And Securing NFS
• NFS Pitfalls

Via SAMBA

SAMBA is a client-server suite which allows you to use Linux as a file and print server in a Windows network or to mount remote Windows shares on a Linux machine.

Page One (Client):

• Introduction and Preparations
• Accessing Directories On MS Windows Systems

Page Two (Server):

• Preparations
• 'share' Or 'user' Level Security
• Configuring A 'share level' Samba Server
• Configuring A 'user level' Samba Server

Page Three:

• Some Samba Options
• Right-Click Sharing Directories
• Non-Windows Samba Clients
• Resources

Page Four:

• Joining A Windows Domain
• Authenticating Other Services
• Using Winbind To Authenticate Other Services

Page Five:

• Running A Linux Primary Domain Controller
• Joining Windows Machines To The Domain
• Making Your Life Easier
• Going Enterprise1.1

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Mail The Unix Way

How to install a fully automatized mail-system on your Linux box.

Page One:

• Scope And Requirements
• Why A Dedicated Mail-System?
• Mail Programs
• Technical Terms

Page Two (Postfix):

• Postfix and Sendmail
• Configuring Postfix
• Checking The Hostname
• Configuring Your Mail Program
  Scenario 1: Delivering mail via an external mail server
  Scenario 2: Delivering mail by yourself
  Scenario 3: Pretend to have a full-blown SMTP server
• Testing Your Setup

Page Three (Fetchmail):

• Fetchmailconf
• Automating Fetchmail
• Fetchmail and SMTP-After-POP Authentication
• Fetchmail Via SSL/SSH

Page Four (Procmail):

• Basics
• Setting Basic Variables
• Writing Recipes
• The Sky Is The Limit

Page Five (Dspam):

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Netips

A collection of smaller networking tips and tricks.

Netips I: Stopping CUPS From Broadcasting / Mandrake Linux As A Terminal Server / ipchains Instead Of iptables / Flash For Konqueror {Jan. 21, 02}

Netips II: Mounting A Remote Share Via FTP / Accessing ~WebDAV Shares {Mar. 08, 02}

Netips III: Installing php-cgiwrap {June 05, 02}

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One-Pagers

One-page articles about various networking topics.

FAX Basics (Contribution) {Nov. 02, 00}

MRTG Setup On ML 7.2 (Contribution) {Dec. 11, 00}

NIS (Contribution) {Oct. 27, 00}

xinetd {Aug. 09, 01}

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