[NTLUG:Discuss] OT but I suspect some of you know the answer

[Robert Citek]

A little of an aside, I recently setup a virtual network using
VirtualBox OSE on an Ubuntu Lucid (10.04) host.  The guests were all
running Ubuntu Server (10.04) with 64 MB RAM and 2GB virtual disk
space.  That was enough to try out running several services (DHCP,
DNS, NAT, ssh, etc.) to a network of machines.

Just an option if someone wants to explore networking and doesn't have
enough physical hardware to experiment.

BTW, a good book which gives a feel for how programs actually use
networks to communicate with each other is "Network Programming with
Perl":

http://www.amazon.com/Network-Programming-Perl-Lincoln-Stein/dp/0201615711

Good luck and let us know how things go.

Regards,
- Robert

On Thu, Apr 22, 2010 at 1:33 AM, Leroy Tennison
<leroy_tennison at prodigy.net> wrote:
> Seems like the time for more-or-less OT posts.  A coworker is interested in
> learning more about data networking but isn't a total newbe and is concerned
> that local courses are going to be too basic.  Anyone know of a junior
> college class which would meet the need?  I'm thinking something like data
> networking for network administrators but have no idea what's available.  I
> promised I would ask.
>
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