Hi Folks,

Can anyone recommend any good Docs/Tutorial/Book/Cookbook on Linux networking?
I'm  finding I'm a little rusty and need a refresher on everything from VM's to
mesh and making AP's.  Plus things change.  I'm not as familiar with ip was I
was with the older stuff and it's time to upgrade that too.  Step by step with
examples would be my preference.  But I'll take what is out there.

"Networking" has not changed; the tools have changed. Google Gemini, ChatGPT, Grok are all experts on the available tools. I specifically exclude "Co-Pilot" because my experience with it is that it is obsequious, and stupid. It forgets where you are and what you have done and will happily wonder around in circles.

This is a problem that would have been solved by reading manuals. No longer. Manuals had topical chapters, but they also had indices for more pointed instruction. If you have not tried it, you cannot believe how much better the chatbots are then manuals! Even if that is all you do, that is an improvement, but you can also ask for explanations of anomalous behavior. Google was pretty god at that, but you still had a lot of "filtering" to get to the one valid explanation.

So, find a "project" or a problem to solve. Talk about it with A.I. Describe the problem, ask for recommendations. Form a strategy. Implement the strategy. Paste error messages into the chat session and ask for explanations. You will learn so much more so much faster!

The first thing you will learn is that you don't need to carry a bunch of detail around in your head anymore.

--

Chris.

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