== Put Notes on Slackware installs here ==
=== Networking ===
The preferred way of setting up your network connection is through the use of the netconfig program. [[br]]
You can, of course, edit the network configuration files by hand. They are '''/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf''' and '''/etc/rc.d/rc.inet2'''
==== rc.inet1 ====

rc.inet1's role is simple: it configures your networking devices and sets up your routing. Essentially, rc.inet1 is the file that gives you a network in the first place, reading config options from its config file: rc.inet1.conf.



This configuration file is pretty simple, it supports up to 3 different networking devices. For each device there's a section like the following:

{{{
# Config information for eth0:
IPADDR[0]="192.168.66.4"
NETMASK[0]="255.255.255.0"
USE_DHCP[0]=""
DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""
}}}

Type the following command to restart Slackware networking:
# /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 restart