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Francisco Ares <frares <at> gmail.com> writes: |
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> Hi, |
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> Sorry for such WAY out of topic message, but Gentoo users are also way out |
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of regular computer users. |
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> I intend to learn more deep details about networking intrinsics, (packets, |
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ports, negotiation, UDP, multicast, unicast, TCP, ethernet, DHCP, protocols, |
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and so on) so I decided to recur to this list. Googling the terms, just |
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gets me to network administration and equipment interconnection. |
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> Any hints on web resources for this research? |
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> Thanks a lot and |
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> Best Regards, |
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> Francisco |
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You can always build your own router, and learn about those internals |
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as they come up while setting up your home router. All you need |
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are some old PC parts laying around, gentoo and this guide [1]. |
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Iptables if a really cool network applications as is Network Address |
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Translation (NAT). |
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Also reading key "RFCs" is the way to go [2]. But try not to get hung up |
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On the really cool RFCs like OSPF or SIP, as they are ever evolving |
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and looking at sources it actually better. |
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Last, I suggest a parallel learning of C/C++ as it really helps with |
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unix/linux/networking if can look at software sources and see what is going |
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on. Bash and Python are really important too. It's a lifelong journey, so |
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relax and enjoy the experiences and try not to get frustrated. |
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hth, |
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James |
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[1] https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Home_Router |
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[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_RFCs |
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