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Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/2005.1 |
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hb-install-network.xml |
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Log: |
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Incorporate current network changes in 2005.1 draft |
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Revision Changes Path |
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1.2 +31 -30 xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/2005.1/hb-install-network.xml |
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file : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/2005.1/hb-install-network.xml?rev=1.2&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup&cvsroot=gentoo |
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plain: http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/2005.1/hb-install-network.xml?rev=1.2&content-type=text/plain&cvsroot=gentoo |
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diff : http://www.gentoo.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/2005.1/hb-install-network.xml.diff?r1=1.1&r2=1.2&cvsroot=gentoo |
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Index: hb-install-network.xml |
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=================================================================== |
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RCS file: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/2005.1/hb-install-network.xml,v |
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retrieving revision 1.1 |
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retrieving revision 1.2 |
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diff -u -r1.1 -r1.2 |
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--- hb-install-network.xml 5 Jul 2005 08:02:04 -0000 1.1 |
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+++ hb-install-network.xml 28 Jul 2005 15:42:16 -0000 1.2 |
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@@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ |
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<!-- The content of this document is licensed under the CC-BY-SA license --> |
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<!-- See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/1.0 --> |
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-<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/2005.1/hb-install-network.xml,v 1.1 2005/07/05 08:02:04 swift Exp $ --> |
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+<!-- $Header: /var/cvsroot/gentoo/xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook/draft/2005.1/hb-install-network.xml,v 1.2 2005/07/28 15:42:16 swift Exp $ --> |
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<sections> |
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-<version>4.00</version> |
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-<date>2005-01-04</date> |
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+<version>2.2</version> |
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+<date>2005-07-02</date> |
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<section> |
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<title>Do you need Networking?</title> |
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</body> |
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</subsection> |
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<subsection> |
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-<title>Optional: Configure Proxy</title> |
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+<title>Optional: Configure any Proxies</title> |
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<body> |
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<p> |
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If you access the Internet through a proxy, you might need to set up proxy |
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information during the installation. It is very easy to define a proxy: you just |
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-need to define a variable which contains the proxy server information. |
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+need to define a variable which contains the proxy server information. |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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In most cases, you can just define the variables using the server hostname. As |
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-an example, we assume the proxy is called <e>proxy.gentoo.org</e> and the port |
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-is 8080. |
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+an example, we assume the proxy is called <c>proxy.gentoo.org</c> and the port |
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+is <c>8080</c>. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Defining proxy servers"> |
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<p> |
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You may want to try pinging your ISP's DNS server (found in |
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-<path>/etc/resolv.conf</path>) and a Web site of choice, just to make sure |
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+<path>/etc/resolv.conf</path>) and a Web site of your choice, just to make sure |
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that your packets are reaching the net, DNS name resolution is working |
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-correctly, etc.. |
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+correctly, etc. |
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</p> |
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<pre caption="Further network testing"> |
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</pre> |
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<p> |
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-Are you able to use your network? If so, you can skip the rest of this |
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+If you are now able to use your network, you can skip the rest of this |
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section and continue with <uri link="?part=1&chap=4">Preparing the |
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-Disks</uri>. If not, bad luck, you'll have to work on it a bit more. |
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+Disks</uri>. If not, read on. |
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</p> |
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</body> |
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<p> |
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If your installation medium does not contain any of these tools or your network |
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-doesn't function yet, continue with <uri link="#doc_chap4">Manual Network |
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+doesn't function yet, continue with <uri link="#doc_chap3">Manual Network |
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Configuration</uri>. |
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</p> |
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</li> |
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<li> |
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PPTP users should continue with <uri link="#pptp">Alternative: |
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- Using PPTP</uri> (x86 only) |
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+ Using PPTP</uri> |
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</li> |
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</ul> |
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</p> |
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<p> |
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-If your network still doesn't work, continue with <uri link="#doc_chap4">Manual |
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+If your network still doesn't work, continue with <uri link="#doc_chap3">Manual |
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Network Configuration</uri>. |
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</p> |
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version) has made things easy for you by including <c>rp-pppoe</c>. Use the |
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provided <c>adsl-setup</c> script to configure your connection. You will be |
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prompted for the ethernet device that is connected to your adsl modem, your |
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-username and password, the IPs of your DNS servers and if you need a basic |
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+username and password, the IPs of your DNS servers and if you need a basic |
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firewall or not. |
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</p> |
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<path>/etc/ppp/chap-secrets</path> and make sure you are using the right |
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ethernet device. If your ethernet device doesn't exist, you will have to load |
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the appropriate network modules. In that case you should continue with |
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-<uri link="#doc_chap4">Manual Network Configuration</uri> as we explain how to |
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+<uri link="#doc_chap3">Manual Network Configuration</uri> as we explain how to |
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load the appropriate network modules there. |
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</p> |
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<body> |
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<note> |
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-PPTP is only available for the x86 architecture. |
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+PPTP support is only available for x86 |
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</note> |
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<p> |
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<p> |
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If <c>net-setup</c> or <c>adsl-setup</c> failed, then it is possible that |
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-your networkcard wasn't found immediately. This means you may have to load |
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+your network card wasn't found immediately. This means you may have to load |
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the appropriate kernel modules manually. |
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</p> |
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<note> |
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Support for the <c>iwconfig</c> command is only available on x86, amd64 and ppc |
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-Installation CDs. You can still get the extensions working otherwise by |
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-following the instructions of the <uri |
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-link="ftp://ftp.linux-wlan.org/pub/linux-wlan-ng/README">linux-wlan-ng |
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+Installation CDs. You can still get the extensions working otherwise |
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+by following the instructions of the |
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+<uri link="ftp://ftp.linux-wlan.org/pub/linux-wlan-ng/README">linux-wlan-ng |
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project</uri>. |
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</note> |
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</pre> |
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<note> |
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-Some wireless cards may have a device name of <c>wlan0</c> instead of |
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-<c>eth0</c>. |
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+Some wireless cards may have a device name of <c>wlan0</c> or <c>ra0</c> instead |
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+of <c>eth0</c>. Run <c>iwconfig</c> without any command-line parameters to |
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+determine the correct device name. |
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</note> |
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<p> |
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</note> |
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<p> |
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-If all above fails, you will have to configure your network manually. |
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-Have no fear, it is far from difficult. But we are going to explain a |
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-certain amount of networking to you as you will need it to be able to |
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-configure your network to your satisfaction. When you're done reading this, you |
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+If all of the above fails, you will have to configure your network manually. |
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+This is not difficult at all. However, you need to be familiar with some |
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+network terminology, as you will need it to be able to |
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+configure your network to your satisfaction. After reading this, you |
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will know what a <e>gateway</e> is, what a <e>netmask</e> serves for, |
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how a <e>broadcast</e> address is formed and why you need |
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<e>nameservers</e>. |
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<p> |
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Such an IP address is unique to a host as far as all accessible networks are |
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-concerned (i.e. all hosts that you are able to reach must have unique IP |
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-addresses). To be able to make a distinction between hosts inside a network, |
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-and hosts outside a network, the IP address is divided in two parts: the |
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+concerned (i.e. every host that you are able to reach must have a unique IP |
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+address). In order to distinguish between hosts inside and outside a |
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+network, the IP address is divided in two parts: the |
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<e>network</e> part and the <e>host</e> part. |
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</p> |
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