Exploring network configuration in RHEL
A network is made of different devices that have been interconnected so that information and resources can be shared among them; for example, internet access, printers, files, and more.
Networks have been present since the beginning computing. Initially, the most common were non-IP-based ones, which were generally used for sharing data across computers in the local network, but with the expansion of internet services and the requirement for applications or remote services, IP networks were expanded and the concept of intranet was introduced, where the Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) was used as transport, and the applications started to be more like internet services (or even be based on them).
The migration to IP-based networks has also adapted other protocols such as Network Basic Input/Output System (NetBIOS) so that they can run on top of it (it was working on top of NetBIOS Extended User Interface (NetBEUI...