IRIX^® Admin:  Networking and Mail

Table of Contents

What's New in This Guide

New Features Documented

Major Documentation Changes

About This Guide

What This Guide Contains

Conventions Used in This Guide

Additional Resources

Obtaining Publications

Reader Comments

1. About Networking Products

Networking Hardware

Controller Interface Names

Networking Software

Optional Networking Products

2. Planning a Network

Planning the Physical Network

Internet Protocol Addresses

Internet Protocol Version 6

Domain Names

About Internet Connections

About Name-to-Address Mapping

Guidelines for a Subnetwork

IP Address Allocation

About Network Security

Common Network Applications

3. Setting Up a Network

Configuring a System for a Network

Setting Up a Router

Subnetting a Network

Modifying the Network Interface Configuration With the /etc/config/netif.options File

Changing Network Parameters in the ifconfig-#.options File

Configuring /etc/gateways Files for Networks That Do Not Support Broadcast or Multicast

Configuring Multiple Network Interfaces

Dynamic Host Configuration With Proclaim

Creating a Local Network Script

Turning On Remote Access Logging

Setting Up Network-Wide Services

Accessing Network Services through Internet Gateway

Reserving Resources With RSVP

Troubleshooting Your Ethernet Connection

4. Introducing Network Management

Resources for Network Management

About Network Management Functions

About Network Startup and Shutdown

Network Management Tools

Interpreting Network Statistics

Network Tuning Information

Troubleshooting Poor Network Performance

5. SLIP and PPP

About SLIP and PPP

Setting Up a SLIP or PPP Connection: General Procedures

Verifying the SLIP and PPP Software

Installing the SLIP and PPP Software

Selecting a Modem

IP Addresses for SLIP and PPP Clients

Configuring a System for Dial-Out

Configuring a System for Dial-In

SLIP and PPP Routing and Address Allocation

Configuring a Bidirectional Link

Starting SLIP or PPP at Boot Time

About Demand Dialing

Setting Up Demand Dialing

NFS Over SLIP or PPP

File Transfer Over SLIP or PPP

Troubleshooting SLIP and PPP Links

6. BIND Name Server

About Domain Name Service

BIND Servers and Clients

BIND Configuration Files

Setting Up a BIND Configuration

Managing the BIND Environment

Debugging named

7. Unified Name Service

About Unified Name Service

Overview of UNS Operations

Namespace Format

UNS Configuration File

Setting Up a UNS Configuration

UNS Protocol Libraries

UNS File Structure Attributes

Cache Tuning

Troubleshooting nsd

8. UUCP

Choosing TCP/IP or UUCP

Hardware Requirements for UUCP

UUCP Commands

UUCP Daemons

Supporting UUCP Databases

UUCP Administrative Files

Setting Up UUCP

UUCP Error Messages

9. IRIX sendmail

About the Mail System

Overview of sendmail

Structure of sendmail

About the sendmail Components

Aliases Database for sendmail

Configuring sendmail

Managing sendmail

About sendmail MX Records

A. BIND Standard Resource Record Format

BIND Standard Resource Record Syntax

About TTLs in BIND Resource Records

About Special Characters in BIND Resource Records

Specifying $INCLUDE in BIND Resource Records

Specifying $ORIGIN in BIND Resource Records

Specifying SOA—Start of Authority in BIND Resource Records

Specifying NS—Name Server in BIND Resource Records

Specifying A—Address in BIND Resource Records

Specifying HINFO—Host Information in BIND Resource Records

Specifying WKS—Well-Known Services in BIND Resource Records

Specifying CNAME—Canonical Name in BIND Resource Records

Specifying PTR—Domain Name Pointer in BIND Resource Records

Specifying MB—Mailbox in BIND Resource Records

Specifying MR—Mail Rename Name in BIND Resource Records

Specifying MINFO—Mail Information in BIND Resource Records

Specifying MG—Mail Group Member in BIND Resource Records

Specifying MX—Mail Exchanger in BIND Resource Records

Specifying RP—Responsible Person in BIND Resource Records

Specifying TXT—Text in BIND Resource Records

B. IRIX sendmail Reference

Specifying the sendmail Debugging Flags

sendmail Debugging Traceflags

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