From 75a4a592e5ccda30715f93563d741b83e0dcf39e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick J Volkerding Date: Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:37:00 +0000 Subject: Slackware 13.37 Mon Apr 25 13:37:00 UTC 2011 Slackware 13.37 x86_64 stable is released! Thanks to everyone who pitched in on this release: the Slackware team, the folks producing upstream code, and linuxquestions.org for providing a great forum for collaboration and testing. The ISOs are off to be replicated, a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD. Please consider supporting the Slackware project by picking up a copy from store.slackware.com. We're taking pre-orders now, and offer a discount if you sign up for a subscription. As always, thanks to the Slackware community for testing, suggestions, and feedback. :-) Have fun! --- misc/slackbook/html/basic-network-commands.html | 142 ------------------------ 1 file changed, 142 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 misc/slackbook/html/basic-network-commands.html (limited to 'misc/slackbook/html/basic-network-commands.html') diff --git a/misc/slackbook/html/basic-network-commands.html b/misc/slackbook/html/basic-network-commands.html deleted file mode 100644 index 7ee78751..00000000 --- a/misc/slackbook/html/basic-network-commands.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,142 +0,0 @@ - - - - -Basic Network Commands - - - - - - - - -
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A network consists of several computers connected together. The network can be as -simple as a few computers connected in your home or office, or as complicated as a large -university network or even the entire Internet. When your computer is part of a network, -you have access to those systems either directly or through services like mail and the -web.

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There are a variety of networking programs that you can use. Some are handy for -performing diagnostics to see if everything is working properly. Others (like mail -readers and web browsers) are useful for getting your work done and staying in contact -with other people.

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ping(8) sends an ICMP ECHO_REQUEST -packet to the specified host. If the host responds, you get an ICMP packet back. Sound -strange? Well, you can “ping” an IP address to see if a machine is alive. If -there is no response, you know something is wrong. Here is an example conversation -between two Linux users:

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