From 5a12e7c134274dba706667107d10d231517d3e05 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Patrick J Volkerding Date: Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:00:38 -0500 Subject: Slackware 13.0 Wed Aug 26 10:00:38 CDT 2009 Slackware 13.0 x86_64 is released as stable! Thanks to everyone who helped make this release possible -- see the RELEASE_NOTES for the credits. The ISOs are off to the replicator. This time it will be a 6 CD-ROM 32-bit set and a dual-sided 32-bit/64-bit x86/x86_64 DVD. We're taking pre-orders now at store.slackware.com. Please consider picking up a copy to help support the project. Once again, thanks to the entire Slackware community for all the help testing and fixing things and offering suggestions during this development cycle. As always, have fun and enjoy! -P. --- slackbook/html/network-configuration.html | 146 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 146 insertions(+) create mode 100644 slackbook/html/network-configuration.html (limited to 'slackbook/html/network-configuration.html') diff --git a/slackbook/html/network-configuration.html b/slackbook/html/network-configuration.html new file mode 100644 index 000000000..66fb00829 --- /dev/null +++ b/slackbook/html/network-configuration.html @@ -0,0 +1,146 @@ + + + + +Network Configuration + + + + + + + + +
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5.1 Introduction: netconfig +is your friend.
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5.1 Introduction: netconfig is your +friend.

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When you initially installed Slackware, the setup program invoked the netconfig program. netconfig attempted to +perform the following functions for you:

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netconfig will generally take care of about 80% of the work +of configuring your LAN network connection if you will let it. Note that I would strongly +suggest that you review your config file for a couple of reasons:

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