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8 | <chapter id="basicnet-connect">
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9 | <?dbhtml filename="connect.html"?>
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10 |
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11 | <title>Connecting to a Network</title>
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12 |
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13 | <para>
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14 | The LFS book covers setting up networking by connecting to a LAN
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15 | with a static IP address. There are other methods used to obtain an IP
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16 | address and connect to a LAN and other networks (such as the Internet).
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17 | The most popular methods (DHCP and PPP) are covered in this chapter.</para>
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18 |
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19 | <para>
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20 | DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It is a protocol used
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21 | by many sites to automatically provide information such as IP addresses,
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22 | subnet masks and routing information to computers. If your network uses
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23 | DHCP, you will need a DHCP client in order to connect to it.
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24 | </para>
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25 | <!-- we do not include ppp
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26 | <para>
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27 | PPP stands for Point-to-Point Protocol. It is a data link protocol
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28 | commonly used for establishing authenticated IP connections over
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29 | a phone line with a modem, or over radio waves with a cellular phone. There
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30 | is also a variant (PPPoE) that works over Ethernet and is used by cable
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31 | providers to authenticate the Internet connections.
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32 | </para>
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38 | <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="dhcpcd.xml"/>
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39 | <!--<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="dhcp.xml"/>-->
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41 |
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42 | </chapter>
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