Fun networking projects

[DrewChan]

So I have a linux box and DSL, what fun projects will give me decent exposure to networking?

I want to cement networking from doing, I find learning from books generally doesn't stick too well. Some sysadminy stuff that'll make me need to use toubleshooting tools.

 

[kidcolt]

So I have a linux box and DSL, what fun projects will give me decent exposure to networking?

I want to cement networking from doing, I find learning from books generally doesn't stick too well. Some sysadminy stuff that'll make me need to use toubleshooting tools.

Try making your linux server your internet gw... that should teach you alot about iptables, dns caching, snat's. Then move on to have two PPPoE accounts on your linux server and you can learn about source and destination routing and iptable qos queues. On the sysadmin side... combine your new iptable tables knowledge with a squid setup to implement transparent proxy. Use a combination of fetchmail/postfix/dovecot/roundcube to run your own mail server.

 

[requiem]

Try making your linux server your internet gw... that should teach you alot about iptables, dns caching, snat's. Then move on to have two PPPoE accounts on your linux server and you can learn about source and destination routing and iptable qos queues. On the sysadmin side... combine your new iptable tables knowledge with a squid setup to implement transparent proxy. Use a combination of fetchmail/postfix/dovecot/roundcube to run your own mail server.

Remember to do this with a dynamic IP address so all your mail will be blacklisted

 

[WAslayer]

Remember to do this with a dynamic IP address so all your mail will be blacklisted

..:crylaugh:

 

[daffy]

Join DN42 (http://dn42.net)
That'll teach you a fair amount about routing and other networking concepts.