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<preface id="preface">
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    <title>Preface</title>
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    <para>
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        Welcome to &TCPIUG;.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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        This book describes how you can configure &TC;; to use the
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        telephone network as physical medium for data transmission
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        using computers, so you can create your own collaborative
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        networks to share information with your friends in freedom.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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        To implement the configuration described in this book, you
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        need two or more computers connected to the telephone network
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        of your country by mean of modem devices. Optionally, you
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        could use Ethernet devices (e.g., switches) to create local
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        area networks (LANs) on both ends of each connection
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        established over the telephone network for sharing information
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        between them. For example, consider an infrastructure where
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        you have one LAN for each province in your country and then,
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        each of these LANs is connected one another to share
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        information between them using the country's telephone
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        network.  This infrastructure would be as expensive as
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        telephone calls and consume of electrical power required by
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        computers and communication devices would be.
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    </para>
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    <para>
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        To make the information of this book managable, it has been
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        organized in the following parts:
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    </para>
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    <itemizedlist>
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    <listitem>
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    <para>
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        <xref linkend="connectivity" /> describes how to configure
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        server and client computers to transfer IP packages through
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        the telephone network. This is the first step you need to
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        setup in order to use the internet services described in 
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        linkend="services" />.
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    </para>
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    </listitem>
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    <listitem>
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    <para>
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        <xref linkend="services" /> describes how to configure server
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        and client computers to exchange information using internet
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        services over the telephone network. Once you complete this
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        part of the book, your collaborative network should be ready
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        for production.
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    </para>
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    </listitem>
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    <listitem>
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    <para>
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        <xref linkend="licenses" /> describes the lincense documents
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        mentioned in this book so you can know what you can and cannot
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        do with the information provided in this book.
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    </para>
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    </listitem>
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    </itemizedlist>
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