== Put Notes on Slackware installs here == === Networking === The preferred way of setting up your network connection is through the use of the netconfig program. ==== 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]="" NETMASK[0]="" USE_DHCP[0]="" DHCP_HOSTNAME[0]=""