Windows-to-Linux roadmap: Part 7. Networking
IBM e-business architect Chris Walden is your guide through a nine-part developerWorks series on moving your operational skills from a Windows to a Linux environment. In this part, we explore networking, which is one of the things that Linux does best.
It is almost inconceivable to run a computer in this age without being connected to a network. E-mail, Web browsing, and file sharing are all as expected as printing and viewing information on a screen.
Fortunately, Linux was made for the network from the very beginning. In fact, networking is one of the things that Linux does best. Linux supports the popular networking protocols such as TCP/IP and SMB (NetBIOS). Linux also has sophisticated tools for monitoring and filtering network traffic. Services such as FTP, Windows file and print sharing, and Web serving are available. Linux even provides facilities for centralized directory services, Virtual Private Networking (VPN), and remote procedure calls.
