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+<h1 id="ethernet-manual"
+>ethernet Manual</h1
+><h2 id="description"
+>Description</h2
+><p
+>This connection method uses the unmaintained net-tools (ifconfig) and dhcpcd to gain an IP address.</p
+><h2 id="options"
+>Options</h2
+><dl
+><dt
+ >INTERFACE (required)</dt
+ ><dd
+ >The wireless interface to configure</dd
+ ><dt
+ >IP (required)</dt
+ ><dd
+ >Can be either 'static' or 'dhcp'. Static requires IFOPTS at least.</dd
+ ><dt
+ >IFOPTS</dt
+ ><dd
+ >Arguments to pass to 'ifconfig'.</dd
+ ><dt
+ >GATEWAY (requires IP of 'static')</dt
+ ><dd
+ >Set specified gateway</dd
+ ></dl
+><h3 id="dns"
+>DNS</h3
+><dl
+><dt
+ >DNS</dt
+ ><dd
+ >Array of DNS nameservers. Simply specify the IP's of each of the DNS nameservers.</dd
+ ><dt
+ >DNS1, DNS2 (deprecated)</dt
+ ><dd
+ >Specify first and second nameservers.</dd
+ ><dt
+ >SEARCH</dt
+ ><dd
+ >&quot;search&quot; line for /etc/resolv.conf</dd
+ ><dt
+ >DOMAIN</dt
+ ><dd
+ >&quot;domain&quot; line for /etc/resolv.conf</dd
+ ><dt
+ >HOSTNAME</dt
+ ><dd
+ >Set the system hostname. Ensure any hostname is correctly referenced in /etc/hosts.</dd
+ ></dl
+><h3 id="dhcp"
+>DHCP</h3
+><dl
+><dt
+ >DHCLIENT</dt
+ ><dd
+ >yes/no. Use dhclient instead of dhcpcd. Defaults to no.</dd
+ ><dt
+ >DHCP_OPTIONS</dt
+ ><dd
+ >String. Any extra arguments to pass to the dhcp client, presently dhcpcd.</dd
+ ><dt
+ >DHCP_TIMEOUT</dt
+ ><dd
+ >Integer. Maximum time to try for a DHCP IP. Default is 10 seconds.</dd
+ ></dl
+><h3 id="x-authentication"
+>802.11x Authentication</h3
+><dl
+><dt
+ >AUTH8021X</dt
+ ><dd
+ >Use 802.11x authentication. Enable with 'yes'.</dd
+ ><dt
+ >WPA_CONF (required for an AUTH8021X of 'yes' only)</dt
+ ><dd
+ >Path to wpa_supplicant configuration. Defaults to '/etc/wpa_supplicant.conf'</dd
+ ><dt
+ >WPA_OPTS (optional for an AUTH8021X of 'yes')</dt
+ ><dd
+ >Extra arguments for wpa_supplicant not specified otherwise. Any option here must specify wpa_supplicant driver. Defaults to '-Dwired'.</dd
+ ></dl
+><h2 id="examples"
+>Examples</h2
+><p
+>See /etc/network.d/examples</p
+>