&bookinfo; &intro;

## Concepts

&basic; &ether; &bridging; &routing; &nat; &snat; &packetfilter; &state;

## Cookbook

The content in this part is intended as a practical, hands-on guide to users wanting real, tested solutions.

The remainder of this documentation is written in a less formal style, and is heavy on examples. It should be viewed as practical explication of the above chapters.

&advanced-ip; &advanced-routing; &scripts; &trouble;

## Appendices and Reference

The content in this part is intended to function as supporting reference material for the above chapters. Following you will find a reference for many common linux command line utilities as well as the example network map and network description. A set of links to external resources, and a troubleshooting guide round out the content in this part of the document.

&example-network; &tools-ethernet; &tools-ip-management; &tools-ip-routing; &tools-tunnels; &tools-sockets; &tools-diagnostics; &tools-misc; &links; &gfdl;

&bibliography; &index;