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Objective 2: Basic Network Configuration
Objective 4: Configuring Client Side DNS
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Basic Network Configuration and Configuring Client
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Network Interfaces
Configuration files:
/etc/hosts: This file contains simple mappings between IP
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Basic Network Configuration and Configuring Client
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Configuration files:
/etc/resolv.conf: This file controls the client-side portions of
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Basic Network Configuration and Configuring Client
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Configuration commands
ifconfig
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ifconfig
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DHCP Configuration
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DHCP Configuration
DHCP handles IP address allocation in one of three ways:
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DHCP Configuration
Subnets and relays
DHCP relay system can be established on subnets without
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DHCP Configuration
Dhcpd
The DHCP server process is called dhcpd
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