IRIX^™ Admin: Networking and Mail

Table of Contents

IRIX Admin Manual Set

About This Guide

What This Guide Contains

Conventions Used in This Guide

Additional Resources

1. Understanding Silicon Graphics' Networking Products

Networking Hardware

Networking Software

Optional Networking Products

2. Planning a Network

Planning the Physical Network

Internet Protocol Addresses

Domain Names

The Internet

Name-to-Address Mapping

Planning to Subnet Local Networks

Allocating IP Addresses

Planning for Network Security

Using Common Network Applications

3. Setting Up a Network

Configuring an IRIS System for a Network

Setting Up a Router

Subnetting a Network

Modifying the Network Interface Configuration

Changing Network Parameters

Dynamic Host Configuration With Proclaim

Creating a Local Network Script

Turning On Remote Access Logging

Setting Up Network-Wide Services

Troubleshooting Your Ethernet Connection

4. Managing a Network

Network Startup and Shutdown

Network Management Tools

Interpreting Network Statistics

Troubleshooting Poor Network Performance

5. SLIP and PPP

Overview

Installing the 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

Demand Dialing

NFS Over SLIP or PPP

File Transfer Over SLIP or PPP

Troubleshooting SLIP and PPP Links

6. BIND Name Server

The Domain Name Service

BIND Servers and Clients

The BIND Configuration Files

Setting Up a BIND Configuration

Managing the BIND Environment

Debugging named

7. UUCP

Choosing TCP/IP or UUCP

Hardware Requirements for UUCP

UUCP Commands

UUCP Daemons

Supporting Databases

UUCP Administrative Files

Setting Up UUCP

UUCP Error Messages

8. IRIX sendmail

The Mail System

An Overview of sendmail

How sendmail Works

Aliases Database

sendmail Network Configurations

User-Configurable Macros and Classes

sendmail Planning Checklist

Configuring sendmail

Managing sendmail

Sendmail Questions, Problems, and Troubleshooting

Notes to Current sendmail Users

A. BIND Standard Resource Record Format

Standard Resource Record Format

B. IRIX sendmail Reference

sendmail Command-Line Flags

Tuning

The Configuration File

Flags, Options, and Files

Index