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<H2 CLASS="western" STYLE="page-break-before: always"><A NAME="intf"></A>
intf</H2>
<P CLASS="western">This option is used to define the various network
(ethernet or wireless) capable devices in your system.
</P>
<P CLASS="western">The following is the general form for the
structure:</P>
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<P CLASS="coderef-western">'intf' => {</P>
</TD>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.8in">'ethx' =>
{},</P>
</TD>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">and / or</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.8in">'wireless_eth'
=> {},</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6ff">
<P CLASS="coderef-western">},</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<COL WIDTH=241>
<COL WIDTH=607>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=241 HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'ethx'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=607>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">used to indicate an
ethernet card interface definition. The <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'x'
</FONT>is a sequence number, beginning with 0, for each ethernet
card installed. Up to 10 cards can be defined with this version
of the installer.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=241 HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'wireless_eth'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=607>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">used to indicate that
there is a wireless ethernet interface installed. Currently only
a single interface is supported.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western">For an ethernet card, the following are valid:</P>
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<COL WIDTH=256*>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western">'eth0' => {</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'DEVICE'
=> 'eth0',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'BOOTPROTO'
=> 'static',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'ONBOOT'
=> 'yes',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'IPADDR'
=> '192.168.5.202',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'NETMASK'
=> '255.255.255.0',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'NETWORK'
=> '192.168.5.0',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'BROADCAST'
=> '255.255.255.0',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'HWADDR'
=> '00:01:02:03:04:05'</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western">},</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.15in">For
a wireless interface, the following are valid:</P>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=256*>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western">'wireless_eth' => {</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'DEVICE'
=> 'wireless_eth',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'BOOTPROTO'
=> 'static',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'ONBOOT'
=> 'yes',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'IPADDR'
=> '192.168.5.202',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'NETMASK'
=> '255.255.255.0',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'NETWORK'
=> '192.168.5.0',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'BROADCAST'
=> '255.255.255.0',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'WIRELESS_MODE'
=> 'Auto',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'WIRELESS_ESSID'
=> 'any',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'WIRELESS_NWID'
=> '',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'WIRELESS_FREQ'
=> '',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'WIRELESS_SENS'
=> '',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'WIRELESS_RATE'
=> '',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'WIRELESS_ENC_KEY'
=> '',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'WIRELESS_RTS'
=> '',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'WIRELESS_FRAG'
=> ','</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'WIRELESS_IWCONFIG'
=> '',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'WIRELESS_IWSPY'
=> '',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'WIRELESS_IWPRIV'
=> '',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western">},</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="headings-special-western">Descriptions:</P>
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<COL WIDTH=581>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'DEVICE'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">must be the same as
the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'ethx'</FONT> (or
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'wireless_eth'</FONT>) you used to
start this definition with.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'BOOTPROTO' </FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">may be one of
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'static'</FONT>, <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'dhcp'</FONT>
or <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'bootp'</FONT><FONT FACE="Times, serif">.</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'ONBOOT' </FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">normally set to <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'yes'</FONT>,
but can be set to <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'no'</FONT> if
you do not want the interface automatically started at boot up.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'IPADDR'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">IP address (<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'x.x.x.x'</FONT>)
for this interface, not required if <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">BOOTPROTO</FONT>
is <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">dhcp</FONT> or <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">bootp</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'NETMASK'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">Network Mask
(<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'x.x.x.x'</FONT>) to be used with
this interface, not required if <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">BOOTPROTO</FONT>
is <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">dhcp</FONT> or <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">bootp</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'NETWORK'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">base IP address
(<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'x.x.x.x'</FONT>) for this
interface, not required if <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">BOOTPROTO</FONT>
is <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">dhcp</FONT> or <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">bootp</FONT>.
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'BROADCAST' </FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">broadcast IP address
(<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'x.x.x.x'</FONT>) for this
interface, not required if <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">BOOTPROTO</FONT>
is <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">dhcp</FONT> or <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">bootp</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'HWADDR'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">the ethernet hardware
address for the associated ether net interface card. Only
required if the system is tracking the networking id (see
<A HREF="section4-18.html#miscellaneous"><B><I>miscellaneous</I></B></A>).</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'MII_NOT_SUPPORTED'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">specifies whether or
not the associated interface is monitored by the ifplug daemon
(usually used only on laptops where the interface card is
removable). If set to <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'yes'</FONT>
then the device is not monitored, if set to <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'no'</FONT>
then it is monitored.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=137>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'DHCP_HOSTNAME'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">used only if the
interface acquires its information from a DHCP server and this
computer must supply a host name. If may have two formats,
depending on the requirements of the DHCP server, either
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'<hostname>' </FONT>or<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">
'<hostname>.<domainname>'</FONT>. eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'dave1'</FONT>
or <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'dave1.eastcott.net'</FONT>.
<B>NOTE</B>: this value can be different from the <A HREF="section4-21.html#netc"><B><I>'netc'</I></B></A>
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">HOSTNAME</FONT> (when supplying a
specific name to an ISP) and is usually just the host name (no
domain name part).
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=65>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'NEEDHOSTNAME'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">used only if the DHCP
server supplies the host name. If set to <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'yes'</FONT>,
then the dhcp client will request, then use the host name from the
DHCP server. If omitted, then any host name supplied by the DHCP
server is ignored.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'WIRELESS_MODE'
</FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">may be one of <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">Ad-hoc</FONT>,
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">Managed</FONT>, <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">Master</FONT>,
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">Repeater</FONT>, <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">Secondary</FONT>
or <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">Auto</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'WIRELESS_ESSID'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">Extended Service
System ID, and is a string representing the desired ID or <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'any'</FONT><FONT FACE="Times, serif">.</FONT></P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'WIRELESS_NWID'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">Network ID or Channel
Sequence number</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'WIRELESS_FREQ'
</FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">Operating frequency of
the wireless radio component. (eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'2.46G'</FONT>)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'WIRELESS_SENS'
</FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">Receive sensitivity</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'WIRELESS_RATE'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">Data transfer rate
(eg. <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'11M'</FONT>)</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'WIRELESS_ENC_KEY'
</FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">Encryption or
scrambling key</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'WIRELESS_RTS'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">???</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'WIRELESS_FRAG'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">???</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'WIRELESS_IWCONFIG'</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">list of parameters to
be given to the program <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">iwconfig</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=30>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'WIRELESS_IWSPY'
</FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">list of parameters to
be given to the program <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">iwspy</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=266 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'WIRELESS_IWPRIV'
</FONT>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=581>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">list of parameters to
be given to the program <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">iwpriv</FONT>.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western">The entries for each interface appear in a
configuration file located in <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/</FONT>.
The configuration file name for each interface is formed by adding
the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">DEVICE</FONT> string to the end
of <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'ifcfg-'</FONT>. In the example
below, you would expect to find the file:
<FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0</FONT>.</P>
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<COL WIDTH=256*>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western">'intf' => {</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'eth0' =>
{</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">'DEVICE'
=> 'eth0',</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">...</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">}</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western">},</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="headings-special-western">Examples:</P>
<P CLASS="western">See the section <A HREF="section10.html#Network_and_Connection_Examples"><B><I>Network
and Connection Examples</I></B></A> for various examples.</P>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-bottom: 0.15in">For a computer which
does not have an ethernet or wireless interface, then use the
following:</P>
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<COL WIDTH=256*>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western">'intf' => {},</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.15in">If
the target computer has multiple interfaces, then use the following:</P>
<TABLE WIDTH=100% BORDER=0 CELLPADDING=0 CELLSPACING=0>
<COL WIDTH=256*>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western">'intf' => {</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'eth0' =>
{</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">...</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">},</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">'eth1' =>
{</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.4in">...</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in"><BR>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western" STYLE="margin-left: 1.2in">}</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP BGCOLOR="#e6e6e6">
<P CLASS="closecode-western">}</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-top: 0.15in; margin-bottom: 0.08in">If
the computer has more than one interface defined, make sure the
<A HREF="section4-21.html#netc"><B><I>'netc' </I></B></A>option identifies which one
is the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">GATEWAYDEV</FONT>.</P>
<P CLASS="western">If the computer has an interface with <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">BOOTPROTO</FONT>
set to <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'dhcp'</FONT>, then see <A HREF="section4-21.html#netc"><B><I>'netc'</I></B></A>
for selecting a <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">'dhcp_client'</FONT>
to be installed.</P>
<P CLASS="western">For those of you using a Wireless interface, the
following are recommended reading for additional information:</P>
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<COL WIDTH=256*>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=TOP>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in">The Wireless-HOWTO
at www.linuxdoc.org and,</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD WIDTH=100% HEIGHT=48 VALIGN=TOP>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0.8in">Linux Wireless Howto
Collection at <A HREF="http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/"><B><I>www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/</I></B></A>
</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
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<COL WIDTH=60>
<COL WIDTH=787>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=60 HEIGHT=101>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in"><IMG SRC="AutoInstall-10.0.3_html_1412bb95.png" NAME="Graphic21" ALIGN=LEFT WIDTH=30 HEIGHT=30 BORDER=0><BR CLEAR=LEFT><BR>
</P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=787>
<P CLASS="western">If you are trying to install ISA network cards
, DrakX does not auto detect them and as a result will not update
the <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/etc/modules.conf</FONT> file
with the appropriate alias. However, the
<BR><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth[0-9]</FONT>
file is created with your specified values. To complete the
installation, you will have to manually add the alias and any
suitable options or, use the <A HREF="section4-25.html#postInstall_and_postInstallNonRooted"><B><I>'postInstall'</I></B></A>
option to make the necessary adjustments.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western">There are a number of other variables that affect
the operation of the dhcp clients and could be added to the
appropriate interface configuration file using the <A HREF="section4-25.html#postInstall_and_postInstallNonRooted"><B><I>'postInstall'</I></B></A>
features including:</P>
<P CLASS="western"><BR><BR>
</P>
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<COL WIDTH=241>
<COL WIDTH=606>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=241 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">PEERDNS=yes</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=606>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">causes the dhcp client
to modify the /etc/resolv.conf file with values received from the
DHCP server.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=241 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">PEERYP=yes</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=606>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">casues the dhcp client
to modify the /etc/yp.conf file with values received from the DHCP
server.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=241 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">PEERNTPD=yes</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=606>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">causes the dhcp client
to modify the /etc/ntp.conf file with values it receives from the
DHCP server.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR VALIGN=TOP>
<TD WIDTH=241 HEIGHT=48>
<P CLASS="western"><FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">DHCP_TIMEOUT=15</FONT></P>
</TD>
<TD WIDTH=606>
<P CLASS="western" STYLE="margin-left: 0in">changes the default
time out of dhcp client to the number of seconds specified.</P>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<P CLASS="western">See the file <FONT FACE="Courier, monospace">/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup</FONT>
to determine which variables are used with which dhcp client.</P>
<P CLASS="headings-special-western">Related Option Entries:</P>
<P CLASS="western"><A HREF="section4-21.html#netc"><B><I>netc</I></B></A>,
<A HREF="section4-18.html#miscellaneous"><B><I>miscellaneous</I></B></A>, <A HREF="#postInstall_and_postInstallNonRooted"><B><I>postInstall</I></B></A></P>
<P CLASS="western"><BR><BR>
</P>
<P CLASS="western"><BR><BR>
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