Chapter 7. Configuring Network Connectivity
IN THIS CHAPTER
Unix, as a rule, is happiest when it gets to run as an always-on, always-network-connected operating system. Unix machines tend to run continuously (talking to other machines via the network) for months or years at a time, and the underpinnings of the networking system are designed for this mode of operation. Surprisingly, Apple has managed to pin a reasonable facsimile of the Mac OS as-needed picture of networking at the user level onto the Unix networking framework. You've already learned how to set up basic networking ...
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