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--- docs:guide-developer:networking:start [2018/12/12 11:30] – [Netfilter] link updated tmomas
+++ docs:guide-developer:networking:start [2021/08/10 18:03] (current) – update links, formatting vgaetera
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 ====== Networking ======
 ===== Theory =====
 ==== Networking... is packet based ====
+Information (data) is broken into packets prior to being transported to its destination(s).
-Information (data) is broken into packets prior to being transported to its destination(s). [[docs:guide-developer:networking:theory|read more...]]
+[[docs:guide-developer:networking:theory|read more...]]
 ===== Praxis =====
+==== Networking in the Linux kernel ===
+Above we read merely about the theory of networking, about the basic ideas, about communication protocols and standards.
+[[docs:guide-developer:networking:praxis|read more...]]
-==== Networking in the Linux Kernel ===
+===== Network interfaces =====
-Above we read merely about the theory of networking, about the basic ideas, about communication protocols and standards. [[docs:guide-developer:networking:praxis|read more...]]
-===== Network Interfaces =====
 ==== Types of network interfaces ====
+GNU/Linux universally distinguishes two types of network interfaces:
-GNU/Linux universally distinguishes two types of network interfaces: [[docs:guide-developer:networking:network.interfaces|read more...]]
+[[docs:guide-developer:networking:network.interfaces|read more...]]
 ===== Applications =====
 ==== Routing ====
+Routing is the process of selecting paths in a network along which to send network traffic.
-Routing is the process of selecting paths in a network along which to send network traffic. [[docs:guide-user:network:routing|read more...]]
+[[docs:guide-user:network:routing:start|read more...]]
 ==== Netfilter ====
+Well, let's consider what you already know, that data communication, that is, the exchange and transfer of information, or data, takes place in chunks and not as a continuous flow.
-Well, let's consider what you already know, that data communication, that is, the exchange and transfer of information, or data, takes place in chunks and not as a continuous flow. [[docs:guide-user:firewall:netfilter_iptables:netfilter_openwrt|read more...]]
+[[docs:guide-user:firewall:netfilter_iptables:netfilter_openwrt|read more...]]
 You find the sources for this functionality ''[[https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/net/netfilter|/net/netfilter]]''
-==== Traffic Control ====
+==== Traffic control ====
-Traffic Control is the umbrella term for packet prioritizing, traffic shaping, bandwidth limiting, AQM (Active Queue Management), etc. [[docs:guide-user:network:traffic-shaping:packet.scheduler|read more...]]
+Traffic control is the umbrella term for packet prioritizing, traffic shaping, bandwidth limiting, AQM (Active Queue Management), etc.
+[[docs:guide-user:network:traffic-shaping:packet.scheduler|read more...]]
 You find the sources for this functionality ''[[https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/net/sched|/net/sched/]]''
   * ''[[https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/net/netlink|/net/netlink]]''
   * ''[[https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/net/atm|/net/atm]]''
   * ''[[https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/net/wimax|/net/wimax]]''
   * ''[[https://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/net/phonet|/net/phonet]]''