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      The FreeBSD Documentation Project
 
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+     $FreeBSD: doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/advanced-networking/chapter.sgml,v 1.82 2001/08/13 18:38:28 chern Exp $
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 <chapter id="advanced-networking">
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   <sect1>
     <title>Synopsis</title>
+    <para>This chapter will cover some of the more frequently used network
+      services on Unix systems. We will cover how to define, setup, test and
+      maintain all of the network services that FreeBSD utilizes. In addition,
+      there have been example configuration files included throughout this
+      chapter for you to benefit from.</para>
 
-    <para>The following chapter will cover some of the more frequently
-      used network services on Unix systems.  This, of course, will
-      pertain to configuring said services on your FreeBSD system.</para>
+    <para>After reading this chapter you will know:</para>
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem><para>The basics of gateways and routes</para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>How to make FreeBSD act as a bridge</para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>How to setup a network file system</para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>How to setup network booting on a diskless machine</para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>How to setup a network information server 
+        for sharing user accounts</para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>How to setup automatic network settings using DHCP</para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>How to setup a domain name server</para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>How to setup network address translation</para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>How to manage the inetd daemon</para></listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
+    <para>Before reading this chapter you should:</para>
+    <itemizedlist>
+      <listitem><para>The basics of the /etc/rc scripts</para></listitem>
+      <listitem><para>Basic network terminology</para></listitem>
+    </itemizedlist>
   </sect1>
 
   <sect1 id="routing">