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authorJames Rayner <james@archlinux.org>2009-05-12 15:14:40 +0200
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+% ETHERNET netcfg manuals
+% Arch Linux
+%
+
+# ethernet Manual
+## Description
+This connection method uses the unmaintained net-tools (ifconfig) and dhcpcd to gain an IP address.
+
+## Options
+INTERFACE (required)
+: The wireless interface to configure
+IP (required)
+: Can be either 'static' or 'dhcp'. Static requires IFOPTS at least.
+IFOPTS
+: Arguments to pass to 'ifconfig'.
+GATEWAY (requires IP of 'static')
+: Set specified gateway
+### DNS
+DNS
+: Array of DNS nameservers. Simply specify the IP's of each of the DNS nameservers.
+DNS1, DNS2 (deprecated)
+: Specify first and second nameservers.
+SEARCH
+: "search" line for /etc/resolv.conf
+DOMAIN
+: "domain" line for /etc/resolv.conf
+HOSTNAME
+: Set the system hostname. Ensure any hostname is correctly referenced in /etc/hosts.
+### DHCP
+DHCLIENT
+: yes/no. Use dhclient instead of dhcpcd. Defaults to no.
+DHCP_OPTIONS
+: String. Any extra arguments to pass to the dhcp client, presently dhcpcd.
+DHCP_TIMEOUT
+: Integer. Maximum time to try for a DHCP IP. Default is 10 seconds.
+
+### 802.11x Authentication
+AUTH8021X
+: Use 802.11x authentication. Enable with 'yes'.
+WPA_CONF (required for an AUTH8021X of 'yes' only)
+: Path to wpa_supplicant configuration. Defaults to '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
+WPA_OPTS (optional for an AUTH8021X of 'yes')
+: Extra arguments for wpa_supplicant not specified otherwise. Any option here must specify wpa_supplicant driver. Defaults to '-Dwired'.
+
+## Examples
+See /etc/network.d/examples
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+% ETHERNET-IPROUTE netcfg manuals
+% Arch Linux
+%
+
+# ethernet-iproute Connection manual
+## Description
+This connection method uses the iproute suite of tools and dhcpcd to gain an IP address.
+
+## Options
+INTERFACE (required)
+: The wireless interface to configure
+IP (required)
+: Can be either 'static' or 'dhcp'. Static requires at least one of ADDR or IPCFG.
+ADDR (requires IP of 'static')
+: A single IP address to configure a static IP. For example:
+GATEWAY (requires IP of 'static')
+: Set specified gateway
+IPCFG
+: Array of arguments to pass to 'ip'. The power of this options is that it allows both simple and complicated routing configurations, within the framework of netcfg.
+### DNS
+DNS
+: Array of DNS nameservers. Simply specify the IP's of each of the DNS nameservers.
+SEARCH
+: "search" line for /etc/resolv.conf
+DOMAIN
+: "domain" line for /etc/resolv.conf
+HOSTNAME
+: Set the system hostname. Ensure any hostname is correctly referenced in /etc/hosts.
+### DHCP
+DHCP_OPTIONS
+: String. Any extra arguments to pass to the dhcp client, presently dhcpcd.
+DHCP_TIMEOUT
+: Integer. Maximum time to try for a DHCP IP. Default is 10 seconds.
+
+### 802.11x Authentication
+AUTH8021X
+: Use 802.11x authentication. Enable with 'yes'.
+WPA_CONF (required for an AUTH8021X of 'yes' only)
+: Path to wpa_supplicant configuration. Defaults to '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
+WPA_OPTS (optional for an AUTH8021X of 'yes')
+: Extra arguments for wpa_supplicant not specified otherwise. Any option here must specify wpa_supplicant driver. Defaults to '-Dwired'.
+
+## Examples
+### Using ADDR and GATEWAY to set static IP and gateway
+
+ IP="static"
+ ADDR="192.168.1.23"
+ GATEWAY="192.168.1.1"
+
+### Using IPCFG to set a static IP and gateway with custom DNS
+
+ IP="static"
+ IPCFG=("addr add dev eth0 192.168.1.23/24 brd +" "route add default via 192.168.1.1")
+ DNS=("208.67.222.222" "208.67.220.220")
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+% WIRELESS netcfg manuals
+% Arch Linux
+%
+
+# 'wireless' Connection manual
+## Description
+This connection method uses wireless_tools and wpa_supplicant to configure a wireless network connection.
+
+The new 'wireless-dbus' connection method is preferred over this
+
+This connection uses the 'ethernet' connection after successful association and thus supports all of it's options.
+
+## Options
+INTERFACE (required)
+: The wireless interface to configure
+SECURITY (required for security of 'wep', 'wpa' or 'wpa-config')
+: One of 'wpa', 'wep', 'none' or 'wpa-config'. Defaults to 'none'
+KEY (required for SECURITY of 'wpa' or 'wep' only)
+: Wireless encryption key.
+ESSID (required)
+: Name of network to connect to.
+TIMEOUT (optional)
+: Time to wait for association. Defaults to 15 seconds.
+SCAN (optional)
+: Scan for a wireless network rather than blindly attempting to connect. Hidden SSID networks do not appear in a scan. Enable with 'yes'. Defaults to 'no'.
+IWCONFIG (optional)
+: Arguments to pass to iwconfig before attempting to configure the connection. For example, BSSID.
+
+### WPA options
+WPA_CONF (for SECURITY of 'wpa-config' only)
+: Path to wpa_supplicant configuration. Defaults to '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
+WPA_OPTS
+: Extra arguments for wpa_supplicant not specified otherwise. Any option here must specify wpa_supplicant driver. Defaults to '-Dwext'.
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+% WIRELESS-DBUS netcfg manuals
+% Arch Linux
+%
+
+# 'wireless-dbus' Connection manual
+## Description
+This connection method uses wpa_supplicant's dbus interface to configure a wireless network connection.
+
+This connection uses the 'ethernet-iproute' connection after successful association and thus supports all of it's options.
+
+## Options
+INTERFACE (required)
+: The wireless interface to configure
+SECURITY (required)
+: One of 'wpa', 'wep', 'none' or 'wpa-config'
+KEY (required for SECURITY of 'wpa' or 'wep' only)
+: Wireless encryption key.
+ESSID (required)
+: Name of network to connect to.
+TIMEOUT
+: Time to wait for association. Defaults to 15 seconds.
+
+### WPA options
+WPA_CONF (for SECURITY of 'wpa-config' only)
+: Path to wpa_supplicant configuration. Defaults to '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'
+WPA_DRIVER
+: wpa_supplicant driver to be used. Defaults to 'wext'
+WPA_OPTS
+: Extra arguments for wpa_supplicant not specified otherwise.