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LINUX RESOURCE #2
SETTING UP YOUR OWN NETWORK
The information below should be previously determined prior to installing your linux system
as it will be requested during the installation. The answers in the example can
be used as an initial effort to understand the workings of the system and can be changed to
a registered domain name and ip address once you have acquired them.
The setup here uses a static ip address rather than a dynamic, that is to say, that the ip will
be a set address each time the system boots rather than the system initiating it's own address.
NETWORKING PARAMETERS:
Some explanations:
Hostname = Machine Name, e.g. ns - for name server
Domain name = anyname + top level domain (tld)
Recognized TLD's are .com, .net, .org.
Fully qualified domain name (FQDN) = hostname + domain name + tld, e.g. ns.linux.cxm or mail.linux.cxm
Workgroup name (windoze) = NT-Domain name = Workgroup name, e.g. WORKGROUP
The workgroup name setting is found in Samba and used for file sharing between Windows and Linux.
The cxm is not a true tld but you can use it for local testing purposes.
xxx.yyy.zzz.www = a number format that represents an ip address
Private IP addresses are reserved for use only in private networks and are not routed over the Internet with the following ranges:
(You can use any ip configuration within these ranges for intranets)
10.0.0.0 - 10.255.255.255
172.16.0.0 - 172.31.255.255
192.168.0.0 - 192.168.255.255
For your network lan you don't have to have a .com, .net or .org etc. at the end of the qualified domain name, unless of course you
own a domain name and therefore your own ip.
Use the following chart as an idea to prepare your own information prior to installing your distribution.
| HOST NAME |
ns |
| ZEROCONF |
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| PRIMARY & DOMAIN NAME |
linux.cxm |
| DNS IP ADDRESS |
192.168.1.10 |
| DNS SERVER |
127.0.0.1 |
| IP SUBMASK |
255.255.255.0 |
| Your isp NS1 |
xxx.yyy.zzz.www |
| Your isp NS2 |
xxx.yyy.zzz.www |
| Gateways to other hosts or your router to get to the internet |
192.168.1.1 |
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| PRIMARY NS |
ns.linux.cxm |
| SECONDARY NS |
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| MAIL SERVER |
mail.linux.cxm |
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| HTTP SERVER or PROXY |
www.linux.cxm |
| FTP SERVER or PROXY |
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| ROUTE |
Silent |
| IP FORWARDING |
on |
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| Search domain |
linux.cxm |
| IP ALIAS (if virtual hosting) |
Eth0:0-6/11-16 |
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| SAMBA SERVER NAME |
linuxhome |
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| free dns service |
there are many free services available, search free dns |
| ip address |
xxx.yyy.zzz.www |
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