The Linux Documentation Project book called Linux
Network Administrator's Guide by Olaf Kirch is pretty
mandatory for anyone that will set up and maintain anything
involving TCP/IP and Internet
The documentation that follows each software package will
normally give you all the detailed information you need, if not
always the overview. The man-pages will be the first place to
look. Try for instance:
man pppd
You will also find some documentation about certain programs in
the
/usr/doc tree, although
this is not always well structured.
The following HOWTOs will be highly relevant:
Installation-HOWTO will get the basics
sorted.
NET-2-HOWTO is a very thorough
description of installation and setup of the NET code. Much of
this should already have been done if you use a standard Linux
distribution (e.g. Slackware, Red Hat, Debian). But many
sections on setup and troubleshooting will be very worthwhile.
Mail-HOWTO explains how to configure
various tools. Again, much of this will already have been done
for you when you install a standard Linux distribution.
News-HOWTO is for setting up a
(conventional) news spool.
Tiny-News covers yet another
alternative for collecting news.
PPP-HOWTO is a good description of
problems you may encounter when setting up a PPP connection.
Serial-HOWTO contains everything you
need to know about setting up serial ports.
Mail-Queue tells you how to send up
sendmail to always queue remote mail but deliver local
mail at once.
Red Hat has a mailing list for PPP issues; to join
send an email to
Information here is collected from many sources. Thanks to the
following that either indirectly or directly have contributed:
Adam Holt <holt@graphics.lcs.mit.edu>
Arne Coucheron <arneco@oslonett.no>
Arne Riiber <riiber@oslonett.no>
Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@troll.no>
Bjorn Steensrud <bjornst@powertech.no>
Gisle Hannemyr <gisle@a.sn.no>
Hans Amund Rosbach <haro@sesam.dnv.no>
Hans Peter Verne <hpv@ulrik.uio.no>
Harald T Alvestrand <Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no>
Harald Terkelsen <Harald.Terkelsen@adm.hioslo.no>
Haavard Engum <hobbes@interlink.no>
James Youngman <JYoungman@vggas.com>
Johan S. Seland <johanss@sn.no>
John Phillips <john@linux.demon.co.uk>
Jorn Lokoy <jorn@oslonett.no>
Kenneth Tjostheim <kenneth.tjostheim@asplanviak.no>
Kjell M. Myksvoll <kjell.myksvoll@fou.telenor.no>
Kjetil T. Homme <kjetilho@math.uio.no>
Michael Meissner <meissner@cygnus.com>
N J Bailey <N.J.Bailey@leeds.ac.uk>
Nicolai Langfeldt <janl@math.uio.no>
Ove Ruben R Olsen <Ove.R.Olsen@ub.uib.no>
R. Bardarson <ronb@powernet.net>
Steinar Fremme <steinar@fremme.no>
Sverre H. Huseby <sverrehu@ifi.uio.no>
Trond Eivind Glomsrod <teg@stud.imf.unit.no>
Tommy Larsen <tommy@mix.hive.no>
Yves Bellefeuille <yan@storm.ca>