This chapter will cover a number of advanced networking topics.
After reading this chapter, you will know:
The basics of gateways and routes.
How to set up IEEE® 802.11 and Bluetooth® devices.
How to make FreeBSD act as a bridge.
How to set up network booting on a diskless machine.
How to set up network PXE booting with an NFS root file system.
How to set up network address translation.
How to connect two computers via PLIP.
How to set up IPv6 on a FreeBSD machine.
How to configure ATM.
How to enable and utilize the features of CARP, the Common Address Redundancy Protocol in FreeBSD
Before reading this chapter, you should: