HP-UX HB v13.00 Ch-09 - Networking Basics

HP-UX Handbook – Rev 13.00 Page 3 (of 27)
Chapter 09 Network Basics
October 29, 2013
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction ______________________________________________________________________ 4
A little bit of Theory ________________________________________________________________ 4
Protocols and Models _____________________________________________________________________ 4
IP Addresses and Netmasks ________________________________________________________________ 7
Private IP Addresses ______________________________________________________________________ 8
Routing __________________________________________________________________________ 8
Commands and Utilities: ___________________________________________________________________ 9
Basic Configuration Commands _____________________________________________________________ 9
Basic Utilities ___________________________________________________________________________ 10
Installation ______________________________________________________________________ 11
Installation Hints _________________________________________________________________ 14
Manual configuration – an example __________________________________________________ 16
Checking network connectivity _____________________________________________________________ 18
Discussing some known problems ___________________________________________________ 20
Kernel configuration with ndd _____________________________________________________________ 21
Common changes done with ndd ___________________________________________________________ 22
Trace tools ______________________________________________________________________ 23
nettl __________________________________________________________________________________ 23
tcpdump ______________________________________________________________________________ 25
ethereal and wireshark ___________________________________________________________________ 27