Chapter 59. HOST CONFIGURATION CONCEPTS, ISSUES, AND MOTIVATION
Putting a host on an internetwork requires that certain setup and configuration procedures be followed. Hardware must be selected and set up, and software must be chosen and installed on the hardware. Once the software is set up, we aren't finished, however. We must also perform other configuration tasks that tell the software how we want it to operate and give it certain parameters, so it knows its role on the network and how to function.
In this brief chapter, I discuss the purpose of host configuration, the problems associated with it, and host configuration protocols.
The Purpose ...
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