jkt 05/12/21 13:01:38 Modified: xml/htdocs/doc/en/handbook hb-net-modules.xml Log: coding style fixes, *no content change*
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If -you specify a module here that doesn't have its package installed -then you get an error stating which package you need to install. -Ideally, you only use the modules setting when you have two or more -packages installed that supply the same service and you need to prefer -one over the other. +Modules load by default if the package they need is installed. If you specify a +module here that doesn't have its package installed then you get an error +stating which package you need to install. Ideally, you only use the modules +setting when you have two or more packages installed that supply the same +service and you need to prefer one over the other. </p> <pre caption="Module preference"> @@ -51,8 +50,8 @@ <body> <p> -We provide two interface handlers presently: ifconfig and iproute2. -You need one of these to do any kind of network configuration. +We provide two interface handlers presently: ifconfig and iproute2. You need one +of these to do any kind of network configuration. </p> <p> @@ -70,8 +69,8 @@ <p> As both ifconfig and iproute2 do very similar things we allow their basic -configuration to work with each other. For example both the below code -snippets work regardless of which module you are using. +configuration to work with each other. For example both the below code snippets +work regardless of which module you are using. </p> <pre caption="ifconfig and iproute2 examples"> @@ -158,8 +157,8 @@ </table> <p> -If you have more than one DHCP client installed, you need to specify which -one to use - otherwise we default to dhcpcd if available. +If you have more than one DHCP client installed, you need to specify which one +to use - otherwise we default to dhcpcd if available. </p> <p> @@ -189,8 +188,8 @@ </pre> <note> -dhcpcd, udhcpc and pump send the current hostname to the DHCP server by -default so you don't need to specify this anymore. +dhcpcd, udhcpc and pump send the current hostname to the DHCP server by default +so you don't need to specify this anymore. </note> </body> @@ -239,14 +238,14 @@ <body> <p> -APIPA tries to find a free address in the range 169.254.0.0-169.254.255.255 -by arping a random address in that range on the interface. If no reply is -found then we assign that address to the interface. +APIPA tries to find a free address in the range 169.254.0.0-169.254.255.255 by +arping a random address in that range on the interface. If no reply is found +then we assign that address to the interface. </p> <p> -This is only useful for LANs where there is no DHCP server and you don't -connect directly to the internet and all other computers use APIPA. +This is only useful for LANs where there is no DHCP server and you don't connect +directly to the internet and all other computers use APIPA. </p> <p> @@ -273,9 +272,9 @@ </p> <p> -Bonding is used to increase network bandwidth. If you have two network -cards going to the same network, you can bond them together so your -applications see just one interface but they really use both network cards. +Bonding is used to increase network bandwidth. If you have two network cards +going to the same network, you can bond them together so your applications see +just one interface but they really use both network cards. </p> <pre caption="bonding configuration in /etc/conf.d/net"> @@ -302,10 +301,10 @@ </p> <p> -Bridging is used to join networks together. For example, you may have a -server that connects to the internet via an ADSL modem and a wireless -access card to enable other computers to connect to the internet via the -ADSL modem. You could create a bridge to join the two interfaces together. +Bridging is used to join networks together. For example, you may have a server +that connects to the internet via an ADSL modem and a wireless access card to +enable other computers to connect to the internet via the ADSL modem. You could +create a bridge to join the two interfaces together. </p> <pre caption="Bridge configuration in /etc/conf.d/net"> @@ -341,10 +340,10 @@ <body> <p> -You don't need to emerge anything for changing the MAC address of your -interface if you change to a specific address. However, if you need to -change to a random address or a random address of a given type then you -need to emerge net-analyzer/macchanger. +You don't need to emerge anything for changing the MAC address of your interface +if you change to a specific address. However, if you need to change to a random +address or a random address of a given type then you need to emerge +net-analyzer/macchanger. </p> <pre caption="MAC Address change example"> @@ -374,8 +373,8 @@ <body> <p> -You don't need to emerge anything for tunnelling as the interface handler -can do it for you. +You don't need to emerge anything for tunnelling as the interface handler can do +it for you. </p> <pre caption="Tunnelling configuration in /etc/conf.d/net"> @@ -400,10 +399,10 @@ </p> <p> -Virtual LAN is a group of network devices that behave as if they were -connected to a single network segment - even though they may not be. -VLAN members can only see members of the same VLAN even though they may -share the same physical network. +Virtual LAN is a group of network devices that behave as if they were connected +to a single network segment - even though they may not be. VLAN members can only +see members of the same VLAN even though they may share the same physical +network. </p> <pre caption="VLAN configuration in /etc/conf.d/net"> -- [email protected] mailing list
