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  <title>Connecting to a Network</title>

  <para>The LFS book covers setting up networking by connecting to a LAN
  with a static IP address. There are other methods used to obtain an IP
  address and connect to a LAN and other networks (such as the Internet).
  The most popular methods (DHCP and PPP) are covered in this chapter.</para>

  <para>DHCP stands for Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol. It is a protocol
  used by many sites to automatically provide information such as IP addresses,
  subnet masks and routing information to computers.  If your network uses
  DHCP, you will need a DHCP client in order to connect to it.</para>

  <para>PPP stands for Point-to-Point Protocol. It is a data link protocol
  commonly used for establishing authenticated IP connections over
  a phone line with a modem, or over radio waves with a cellular phone. There
  is also a variant (PPPoE) that works over Ethernet and is used by cable
  providers to authenticate the Internet connections.</para>

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