| | 1 | == Put Notes on Slackware installs here == |
| | 2 | === Networking === |
| | 3 | The preferred way of setting up your network connection is through the use of the netconfig program. |
| | 4 | |
| | 5 | ==== rc.inet1==== |
| | 6 | |
| | 7 | 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. |
| | 8 | |
| | 9 | This configuration file is pretty simple, it supports up to 3 different networking devices. For each device there's a section like the following: |
| | 10 | |
| | 11 | # Config information for eth0: |
| | 12 | IPADDR[0]="" |
| | 13 | NETMASK[0]="" |
| | 14 | USE_DHCP[0]="" |
| | 15 | DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]="" |
| | 16 | |
