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