Includes index.

Introduction -- Critical data structures -- User-space-to-kernel interface -- Notification chains -- Network device initialization -- The PCI layer and network interface cards -- Kernel infrastructure for component initialization -- Device registration and initialization -- Interrupts and network drivers -- Frame reception -- Frame transmission -- General and reference material about interrupts -- Protocol handlers -- Bridging: concepts -- Bridging: the spanning tree protocol -- Bridging: Linux implementation -- Bridging: miscellaneous topics -- Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4): concepts -- Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4): Linux foundations and features -- Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4): forwarding and local delivery -- Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4): transmission -- Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4): handling fragmentation -- Internet protocol version 4 (IPv4): miscellaneous topics -- Layer four protocol and raw IP handling -- Internet control message protocol (ICMPv4) -- Neighboring subsystem: concepts -- Neighboring subsystem: infrastructure -- Neighboring subsystem: address resolution protocol (ARP) -- Neighboring subsystem: miscellaneous topics -- Routing: concepts -- Routing: advanced -- Routing: Linux implementation -- Routing: the routing cache -- Routing: routing tables -- Routing: lookups -- Routing: miscellaneous topics.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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