On Wednesday, September 02, 2015 02:19:24 PM Francisco Ares wrote: > Hi, > > Sorry for such WAY out of topic message, but Gentoo users are also way out > of regular computer users. > > I intend to learn more deep details about networking intrinsics, (packets, > ports, negotiation, UDP, multicast, unicast, TCP, ethernet, DHCP, > protocols, and so on) so I decided to recur to this list. Googling the > terms, just gets me to network administration and equipment interconnection. > > Any hints on web resources for this research?
It would depend on the level you are at now. :) Generally, I know more than enough about how it all works to do my job and keep my own systems running reliably. But generally I simply listen when the likes of Alan McKinnon start talking about networking. You could start with sites like: http://web.stanford.edu/class/msande91si/www-spr04/readings/week1/InternetWhitepaper.htm -- Joost