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diff --git a/source/n/network-scripts/manpages/rc.inet1.8 b/source/n/network-scripts/manpages/rc.inet1.8 index ac8ce6a5a..4102eec69 100644 --- a/source/n/network-scripts/manpages/rc.inet1.8 +++ b/source/n/network-scripts/manpages/rc.inet1.8 @@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ .ie \\n(.$=0:((0\\$1)*2u>(\\n(.lu-\\n(.iu)) .TP .el .TP "\\$1" .. -.TH RC.INET1 8 "12 Nov 2017" "Slackware Version 15.0" +.TH RC.INET1 8 "1 Oct 2018" "Slackware Version 15.0" .SH NAME rc.inet1 \- Slackware network configuration script. .SH DESCRIPTION @@ -15,24 +15,27 @@ rc.inet1 \- Slackware network configuration script. This script configures network interfaces. Wireless interfaces are configured just like any network device but accept many more configuration parameters. -.br -rc.inet1 reads its configuration parameters from a file `rc.inet1.conf'. -The `rc.inet1.conf' file contains a series of variable array definitions, +.LP +rc.inet1 reads its configuration parameters from a file +.IR /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf . +The +.I rc.inet1.conf +file contains a series of variable array definitions, with each array index corresponding to a single network interface. .SH OPTIONS -The way to start your network (the configuration of your nics and +The way to start your network (configuring your nics and bringing the interfaces up, and creating a default route if required) is by running the command: .LP -.B /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 +.B /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 start .LP Restarting the whole network (all available network interfaces) is done in a similar fashion: .LP .B /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 restart .LP -More generically speaking, you can start/stop/restart any network -interface yourself by running one of the commands: +More generally speaking, you can start/stop/restart any network +interface by running one of the commands: .LP .B /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 INTERFACE_start .LP @@ -40,8 +43,8 @@ interface yourself by running one of the commands: .LP .B /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 INTERFACE_restart .LP -where -.I `INTERFACE' +where +.B INTERFACE is the name of an existing network interface (eth0, wlan0, ...) .SH WIRELESS The script @@ -50,11 +53,11 @@ takes care of configuring the wireless parameters for a network interface. This script does not run independently. Instead, it is executed by the generic network configuration script .IR rc.inet1 . -.br +.LP If a wireless interface is detected, .I rc.wireless will use -.I iwconfig , +.IR iwconfig , .I iwpriv and possibly .I wpa_supplicant @@ -78,7 +81,7 @@ parameter definition file ( .SH DIAGNOSTICS If you remove the executable bit from the .I rc.wireless -script, it will never be executed. This can be beneficial if you have +script, it will never be executed. This can be beneficial if you have written your own wireless script and don't want Slackware to mess it up. .SH CAVEATS The network interface definitions are stored in variable @@ -93,18 +96,22 @@ rc.inet1.conf by default. .LP If you want to configure more than six network interfaces, you will have to edit the file -.I /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1 +.I /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.conf and change the value `6' in the line: .br -.B \ \ MAXNICS=${MAXNICS:-6} +.B \ \ #MAXNICS="6" .br -to a value that is larger than the largest index value you use. +(at the very bottom of the file) to a value that is larger than the largest +index value you use, and uncomment the line. .LP The /etc/rc.d/rc.wireless script is not meant to be run on its own by the user! .SH AUTHORS Patrick J. Volkerding <volkerdi@slackware.com> +.br Eric Hameleers <alien@slackware.com> +.br Robby Workman <rworkman@slackware.com> +.br Darren 'Tadgy' Austin <darren@afterdark.org.uk> .SH "SEE ALSO" .BR rc.inet1.conf(5), |