glfs/networking/connect/connect.xml
Bruce Dubbs 586d056454 Move ppp to archive
Tag some applications for LFS-7.2


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1"?>
<!DOCTYPE part PUBLIC "-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.5//EN"
"http://www.oasis-open.org/docbook/xml/4.5/docbookx.dtd" [
<!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
%general-entities;
]>
<!--
$LastChangedBy$
$Date$
-->
<chapter id="basicnet-connect">
<?dbhtml filename="connect.html"?>
<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>
<!-- <xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="ppp.xml"/> -->
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="dhcpcd.xml"/>
<xi:include xmlns:xi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XInclude" href="dhcp.xml"/>
</chapter>