LAN (local area network). See also wired networks; wireless networks
connecting devices, 200
defined, 199
DNS servers, 99–100
Ethernet adapter, 270
Ethernet hub/switch, 269
firewalls, 211–213
flat network, 200
Internet gateway, 200–201, 205–211
manually starting and stopping, 101
NIC configuration, 90–99
streaming, 290–291
subnets, 200
VMware, 188
Language utility, 318
laptop computers, 325
layers of security, 240
LDP (Linux Documentation Project), 296
licenses, 181
links web browser, 15
Linux
architectures, 15
development history, 12–13
distributions, 13
flavors, 13
HOWTOs, 296
mailing lists, 297
memory requirements, 324
newsgroups, 297
partitions, 36–39
processing capabilities, 15
resources, 296
symmetric multiprocessing, 15
Unix, 12
versions, 2
Linux Documentation Project (LDP), 296
Linux Journal, 298
Linux kernel headers, 190
Linux Security Toolkit, David A. Bandel, 308
Linux User Groups (LUGs), 68, 298
listing directories, 330
local area network. See LAN
locating modems, 73–75
Lock Screen feature, 127
logging out
X Window System, 128
login, 54–55
Login Screen utility, 318
Logviewer utility, 261–262
Logwatch log-alert system, 261–262
loopback interface, 107, 272, 275
ls command, 330
LUGs (Linux User Groups), 68, 298
lynx web browser, 15