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| 4 | <!ENTITY % general-entities SYSTEM "../../general.ent">
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| 5 | %general-entities;
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| 8 | <sect1 id="ch-network-static">
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| 9 | <?dbhtml filename="network-static.html"?>
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| 10 |
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| 11 | <title>Static Networking Configuration</title>
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| 12 |
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| 13 | <sect2>
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| 14 | <title>Creating the Static Network Interface Configuration Files</title>
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| 15 |
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| 16 | <para>Which interfaces are brought up and down by the network script
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| 17 | depends on the files and directories in the <filename
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| 18 | class="directory">/etc/sysconfig/network-devices</filename> hierarchy.
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| 19 | This directory should contain a sub-directory for each interface to be
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| 20 | configured, such as <filename>ifconfig.xyz</filename>, where
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| 21 | <quote>xyz</quote> is a network interface name. Inside this directory
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| 22 | would be files defining the attributes to this interface, such as its IP
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| 23 | address(es), subnet masks, and so forth.</para>
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| 24 |
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| 25 | <para>The following command creates a sample <filename>ipv4</filename>
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| 26 | file for the <emphasis>eth0</emphasis> device:</para>
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| 27 |
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| 28 | <screen><userinput>cd /etc/sysconfig/network-devices &&
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| 29 | mkdir -v ifconfig.eth0 &&
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| 30 | cat > ifconfig.eth0/ipv4 << "EOF"
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| 31 | <literal>ONBOOT="yes"
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| 32 | SERVICE="ipv4-static"
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| 33 | IP="192.168.1.1"
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| 34 | GATEWAY="192.168.1.2"
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| 35 | PREFIX="24"
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| 36 | BROADCAST="192.168.1.255"</literal>
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| 37 | EOF</userinput></screen>
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| 38 |
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| 39 | <para os="var-ob">The values of these variables must be changed in every file to match
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| 40 | the proper setup. If the <envar>ONBOOT</envar> variable is set to
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| 41 | <quote>yes</quote> the network script will bring up the Network Interface
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| 42 | Card (NIC) during booting of the system. If set to anything but
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| 43 | <quote>yes</quote> the NIC will be ignored by the network script and not
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| 44 | be brought up.</para>
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| 45 |
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| 46 | <para os="var-s">The <envar>SERVICE</envar> variable defines the method used for
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| 47 | obtaining the IP address. The CLFS-Bootscripts package has a modular IP
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| 48 | assignment format, and creating additional files in the <filename
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| 49 | class="directory">/etc/sysconfig/network-devices/services</filename>
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| 50 | directory allows other IP assignment methods.</para>
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| 51 |
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| 52 | <para>The <envar>GATEWAY</envar> variable should contain the default
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| 53 | gateway IP address, if one is present. If not, then comment out the
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| 54 | variable entirely.</para>
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| 55 |
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| 56 | <para>The <envar>PREFIX</envar> variable needs to contain the number of
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| 57 | bits used in the subnet. Each octet in an IP address is 8 bits. If the
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| 58 | subnet's netmask is 255.255.255.0, then it is using the first three octets
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| 59 | (24 bits) to specify the network number. If the netmask is 255.255.255.240,
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| 60 | it would be using the first 28 bits. Prefixes longer than 24 bits are
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| 61 | commonly used by DSL and cable-based Internet Service Providers (ISPs).
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| 62 | In this example (PREFIX=24), the netmask is 255.255.255.0. Adjust the
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| 63 | <envar>PREFIX</envar> variable according to your specific subnet.</para>
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| 64 |
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| 65 | <para>To configure another DHCP Interface, Follow <xref linkend="ch-network-dhcp"/>.</para>
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| 66 |
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| 67 | </sect2>
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| 68 |
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| 69 | </sect1>
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