Configuring the network interfaces on Gentoo

For example, to configure the IP address and netmask for the eth0 interface you should add the following line to the /etc/conf.d/net file:

config_eth0 {"192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0"}

config_eth0=( "192.168.0.1 netmask 255.255.255.0" ) (27/09/2010)

this line will set the IP address = 192.168.0.1 and the netmask = 255.255.255.0

• to view all network devices you can issue the following command:
  

# ls /dev/init.d/net*

# ls /etc/init.d/net*

• if your device is not listed you shall procede as follows:
  
• make a link to net.lo
  

# ln -s /etc/init.d/net.lo /etc/init.d/net.<your device name>

• Bring up the interface
  

# /etc/init.d/net.<your device name> start

• If you want the interface to be brought up on boot, use the rc-update command issuing the following command:
  

# rc-update add net.<your device name> default.

To change the IP address and netmask of the interface go to the first few lines of this article.

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