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<chapter id="advanced-networking"> <chapter id="advanced-networking">
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<para>For one machine to be able to find another over a network, there <para>For one machine to be able to find another over a network, there
must be a must be a
mechanism in place to describe how to get from one to the other. This is mechanism in place to describe how to get from one to the other. This is
called Routing. A <quote>route</quote> is a defined pair of addresses: a called <firstterm>routing</firstterm>. A <quote>route</quote> is a defined pair of addresses: a
<quote>destination</quote> and a <quote>gateway</quote>. The pair <quote>destination</quote> and a <quote>gateway</quote>. The pair
indicates that if you are trying to get to this indicates that if you are trying to get to this
<emphasis>destination</emphasis>, communicate through this <emphasis>destination</emphasis>, communicate through this
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route (usually the only one present in the system), and is always route (usually the only one present in the system), and is always
marked with a <literal>c</literal> in the flags field. For hosts on a marked with a <literal>c</literal> in the flags field. For hosts on a
local area network, this gateway is set to whatever machine has a local area network, this gateway is set to whatever machine has a
direct connection to the outside world (whether via PPP link, or your direct connection to the outside world (whether via PPP link,
hardware device attached to a dedicated data line).</para> DSL, cable modem, T1, or another network interface).</para>
<para>If you are configuring the default route for a machine which <para>If you are configuring the default route for a machine which
itself is functioning as the gateway to the outside world, then the itself is functioning as the gateway to the outside world, then the
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[Local2] &lt;--ether--&gt; [Local1] &lt;--PPP--&gt; [ISP-Serv] &lt;--ether--&gt; [T1-GW] [Local2] &lt;--ether--&gt; [Local1] &lt;--PPP--&gt; [ISP-Serv] &lt;--ether--&gt; [T1-GW]
</literallayout> </literallayout>
<para>The hosts <hostid>Local1</hostid> and <hostid>Local2</hostid> are <para>The hosts <hostid>Local1</hostid> and
at your site, with the formed being your PPP connection to your ISP's <hostid>Local2</hostid> are at your site.
Terminal Server. Your ISP has a local network at their site, which <hostid>Local1</hostid> is connected to an ISP via a dial up
has, among other things, the server where you connect and a hardware PPP connection. This PPP server computer is connected through
device (T1-GW) attached to the ISP's Internet feed.</para> a local area network to another gateway computer with an
external interface to the ISPs Internet feed.</para>
<para>The default routes for each of your machines will be:</para> <para>The default routes for each of your machines will be:</para>
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server.</para> server.</para>
<para>As a final note, it is common to use the address <hostid <para>As a final note, it is common to use the address <hostid
role="ipaddr">...1</hostid> as the gateway address for your local role="ipaddr">X.X.X.1</hostid> as the gateway address for your local
network. So (using the same example), if your local class-C address network. So (using the same example), if your local class-C address
space was <hostid role="ipaddr">10.20.30</hostid> and your ISP was space was <hostid role="ipaddr">10.20.30</hostid> and your ISP was
using <hostid role="ipaddr">10.9.9</hostid> then the default routes using <hostid role="ipaddr">10.9.9</hostid> then the default routes
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<para>As the cost of low end ISDN routers/bridges comes down, it <para>As the cost of low end ISDN routers/bridges comes down, it
will likely become a more and more popular choice. An ISDN will likely become a more and more popular choice. An ISDN
router is a small box that plugs directly into your local router is a small box that plugs directly into your local
Ethernet network(or card), and manages its own connection to Ethernet network, and manages its own connection to the other
the other bridge/router. It has all the software to do PPP bridge/router. It has built in software to communicate via
and other protocols built in.</para> PPP and other popular protocols.</para>
<para>A router will allow you much faster throughput that a <para>A router will allow you much faster throughput that a
standard TA, since it will be using a full synchronous ISDN standard TA, since it will be using a full synchronous ISDN
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and <filename>hosts</filename> files are commonly shared via NIS. and <filename>hosts</filename> files are commonly shared via NIS.
Whenever a process on a client needs information that would Whenever a process on a client needs information that would
normally be found in these files locally, it makes a query to the normally be found in these files locally, it makes a query to the
server it is bound to, to get this information.</para> NIS server that it is bound to instead.</para>
<sect3> <sect3>
<title>Machine Types</title> <title>Machine Types</title>