What This Guide Contains

• Chapter 1, "Understanding Silicon Graphics' Networking Products," discusses Silicon Graphics standard hardware and software networking products and describes the standard software configuration (files, daemon, processes).

• Chapter 2, "Planning a Network," provides insight into planning a network. It includes internet addressing, the hosts database file, when to use certain applications, how to subnet a network, security issues, and heterogeneous network considerations.

• Chapter 3, "Setting Up a Network," describes, through example, the process of configuring a network (homogeneous and heterogeneous), how to set up a router, and basic troubleshooting advice.

• Chapter 4, "Managing a Network," describes the various tools available for managing a network, including backup strategies, performance issues, and fault isolation.

• Chapter 5, "SLIP and PPP," describes the features and functions of SLIP and details how to connect two stations using SLIP.

• Chapter 6, "BIND Name Server," provides an overview of the Berkeley Internet Name Domain (BIND) server, also known as named. It also provides an example setup procedure and general information on managing and troubleshooting BIND.

• Chapter 7, "UUCP," compares TCP/IP and UUCP and describes the features and functions of the UUCP networking utilities.
  It also provides a setup example and information about common UUCP error messages.

• Chapter 8, "IRIX sendmail," provides an overview of the mail system, the sendmail program, and the alias database. It contains a planning checklist and a setup example for various sendmail configurations.

• Appendix A, "BIND Standard Resource Record Format," provides detailed information about all standard resource record formats used in BIND configuration files.

• Appendix B, "IRIX sendmail Reference," provides a concise reference to sendmail as it is implemented under IRIX.