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